SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi received the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Pavel Talabani, and the Commander of Combined Joint Task Forces- Operation Inherent Resolve CJTF Major General Matthew McFarlane during their visit to the north and eastern Syria.

The meeting was attended by Nowruz Ahmed and Mahmoud Barkhdan, members of the SDF General Command and the co-chair of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Autonomous Administration Badran Ciya Kurd, as well as General Wahab Halabji, Commander-in-Chief of the Counter-Terrorism Forces in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Commander of the Combined Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant, Brigadier General Claude Tudor.

In a statement, the SDF said that "the meeting focused on joint efforts to combat the terrorism of ISIS cells, support stability and security in the region, and develop the dialogue between the parties to achieve common goals of political and security stability in the area."

Mr. Talabani also met with the Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-chairs Asya Abdullah, Salih Muslim and PYD Co-Presidency Committee member Foza Yusif.