Abdi and Barak meet as Kurdish Council delegation arrives in Erbil

A source from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported on Tuesday that SDF commander Mazloum Abdi will hold a meeting with US Special Envoy to Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, coinciding with the arrival of a delegation from the Kurdish National Council to the region.

The source told Shafaq News Agency’s correspondent in Syria that “Abdi arrived yesterday in the Kurdistan Region and is supposed to hold meetings with US envoy Tom Barrack, as well as with the region’s president, Nechirvan Barzani.”

The source added that “Abdi will discuss with Barak the progress of the integration process between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government, and the terms of the January 29, 2026 agreement between the two sides.”

Shafaq News correspondent confirmed that members of the Presidential Board of the Kurdish National Council arrived in Erbil yesterday, Monday.

An official source told Shafaq News that “Kurdish Council officials will hold meetings with regional officials in the next two days before returning to Syria to begin preparations for holding the Council’s conference.”

US Presidential Special Envoy to Iraq and Syria, Tom Barrack, arrived in Erbil on Tuesday afternoon, where he held a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

These talks come after a visit that Barak began on Monday to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where he met with Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zubaidi and discussed with him strengthening bilateral relations and issues of common interest.

Shafaq.com