Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani meets Syria's al-Sharaa in Damascus

During the first visit by a Kurdish leader to Syria since Bashar al-Assad's fall, Iraqi Kurdish regional president Nechirvan Barzani met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus to discuss integrating the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces into state institutions and securing Kurdish rights. The talks follow months of diplomatic engagement and come amid ongoing clashes between Syrian forces and Kurdish fighters in the northeast.