WASHINGTON - Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria following the fall of President Ba

Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is set to meet Masoud Barzani, the former president of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and leader of the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), in a significant move to strengthen Kurdish unity.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani told Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi during a historic meeting in Erbil that Syrian Kurdish must be united in order to achieve their rights,

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi on Friday indicated that his historic meeting with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani went very well and said they discussed Kurdish unity in Syria.

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left Kurds in the region facing an uncertain future.

The footage of the historic meeting between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloun Abdi in Erbil dominated social media late Thursday,