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.

Kurdish leaders say symbolic steps are not a lasting solution to the Kurdish issue in Syria

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…