US envoy to meet head of Syrian Kurdish forces in Irbil: Iraqi Kurdistan presidency

Soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition stand guard on the day of a meeting between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) leaders and U.S. military leaders, in Deir Hafer, Syria. (Reuters)
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Updated 17 January 2026
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US envoy to meet head of Syrian Kurdish forces in Irbil: Iraqi Kurdistan presidency

IRBIL: US special envoy Tom Barrack and the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, arrived in Irbil on Saturday for a meeting, a source in the presidency of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region told AFP.
Barrack will first sit down with Iraqi Kurdish political leader Massoud Barzani, then with Abdi, then with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, the source said.
The meetings come after clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian army in and around Aleppo in recent days.