Another international player gets involved in Syrian Kurdish rapprochement
A British delegation recently visited the Kurdish region in Syria and met with rival Kurdish parties.
A delegation from the British Foreign Office recently visited northern and eastern Syria. It arrived in Syrian Kurdistan on Aug. 21 with the goal of removing obstacles to reconciliation between the Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD). According to news reports, the British move comes in coordination with the United States.
An informed Kurdish source told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that the British delegation consisted of Emily Maltman, head of the UK Syria office representing the British government to Syrians, and Carla Thomas, in charge of the department of development organizations at the UK Foreign Office.
