U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (L). (Photo: Abdi's X)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (L), in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (3rd R), and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (3rd L), in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican Foreign Minister, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (R), Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, in Munich, on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the DAANES (L). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi (R), Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration (L). (Photo: Abdi's X)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L), Syrian FM Asaad al-Shibani (3rd R), and Mazloum Abdi, Commander of the SDF (2nd R) meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 13, 2026 in Munich. (Photo: SANA)