Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, says German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey. "Security, especially for Kurds, is essential for a free and secure future for Syria. And it was good to hear that the Turkish Foreign Minister also sees it that way," says Baerbock. Earlier, Baerbock had raised the alarm over fresh violence in northern Syria, where Turkish troops and Ankara-backed fighters have been battling the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led group supported by the US. SOUNDBITES