{"id":124861,"date":"2025-04-24T05:35:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=124861"},"modified":"2025-04-24T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:35:54","slug":"french-fm-meets-sdf-commander-to-discuss-stability-kurdish-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/","title":{"rendered":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi, Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Ilham Ahmad, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources informed <em>North Press<\/em> that the discussions focused on stabilizing northeastern Syria, unifying Kurdish political parties, enhancing dialogue among local and international stakeholders, and France\u2019s potential role in facilitating a political transition in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the meeting, Barrot held a joint press conference in Erbil with the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, during which he reaffirmed France\u2019s continued support for the SDF, Iraqi security forces, and the Peshmerga in their ongoing battle against ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France also backs General Mazloum Abdi\u2019s efforts to unify Kurdish political parties in Syria\u2014a process reportedly nearing a breakthrough, with a major pan-Kurdish conference set to take place in Qamishli city on April 26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the fall of the Assad regime, Barrot visited the Syrian capital, Damascus, where he emphasized the importance of preserving Syria&#8217;s territorial integrity and ensuring the political and religious rights of minority groups, particularly the Kurds, who played a pivotal role in the fight against ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Saad al-Yaziji<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi, Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Ilham Ahmad, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). Sources informed North Press that the discussions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":124862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-politics","category-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North press agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NPA_English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"semav1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"semav1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\"},\"headline\":\"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"HOME\",\"Politics\",\"SYRIA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/\",\"name\":\"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":430,\"caption\":\"French Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot with Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, April 23, 2025.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/124861\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"description\":\"North press agency\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"North press agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/npasyria.jpg\",\"width\":682,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"North press agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/NPA.SYR\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NPA_English\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/northpressagency\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0\",\"name\":\"semav1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"semav1\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/npasyria.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/semav1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity","og_description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,","og_url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/","og_site_name":"North press agency","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":430,"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"semav1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NPA_English","twitter_site":"@NPA_English","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"semav1","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/"},"author":{"name":"semav1","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0"},"headline":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity","datePublished":"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/"},"wordCount":224,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg","articleSection":["HOME","Politics","SYRIA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/","name":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-04-24T05:35:52+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-24T05:35:54+00:00","description":"QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013 French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, held on Wednesday night a meeting with General Mazloum Abdi,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-24-at-1.54.30-AM-750x430-1.jpeg","width":750,"height":430,"caption":"French Foreign Affairs Minister, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot with Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, April 23, 2025."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/124861\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"French FM meets SDF commander to discuss stability, Kurdish unity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","name":"North press agency","description":"North press agency","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#organization","name":"North press agency","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/npasyria.jpg","width":682,"height":388,"caption":"North press agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPA.SYR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/NPA_English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/northpressagency\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyGMim0bdq_6W-ryV9WI29A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1cc380944b76ba86440ef8ad099f16a0","name":"semav1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4dd32221f0f6234b81e7d16b824fc92b9c1a8794a5fa04024fb4ddedd3a61599?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"semav1"},"url":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/author\/semav1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124863,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124861\/revisions\/124863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}