ERBIL: The President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Saturday welcomed a new Syrian presidential decree recognizing the country’s Kurdish population, Syrian state media reported. Barzani described the move as a significant political and legal step toward building a new Syria, the Syrian Arab News Agency added. In a statement, Barzani expressed support for efforts aimed at establishing a Syrian state that represents all its communities without discrimination or marginalization.

The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria's independence in 1946.

ERBIL: The President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, on Saturday welcomed a new Syrian presidential decree recognizing the country’s Kurdish population, Syrian…