Barzani meets Sharaa for talks on SDF accord
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa met on Aug. 3 with Nechirvan Barzani, leader of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, as official sources told AFP the talks aimed to advance an integration deal between Damascus and Syria’s Kurds.
Syrian state news agency SANA said Sharaa received Barzani at the presidential palace in Damascus, in the first visit by the head of Iraq’s Kurdish region following the December 2024 ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad.
After clashes between forces led by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the new authorities in January this year, the two sides reached a deal to integrate Syrian Kurdish institutions and forces into the state.
During the fighting, Barzani met SDF head Mazloum Abdi in Erbil in a U.S.-backed meeting.
