ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi and US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack on Saturday held a series of meetings with Kurdistan Region leaders on Syria as escalations between Kurdish-led and Damascus-affiliated forces surge.

Kurdish-led forces in Syria and the Damascus government have clashed several times since the year started with the worst being in Aleppo’s Kurdish-majority neighborhoods which saw hundreds of civilians killed and over 150,000 displaced.

Barrack and chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi arrived in Erbil on Saturday to discuss the conflict with top Kurdistan Region leaders.

During a meeting with President Masoud Barzani, attended by Kurdish National Council (KNC/ENKS) leader Mohammed Ismail and several US officials, as well as Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, all sides exchanged views on ways to bring about stability in the country.

The ENKS is an umbrella group of Kurdish parties in northeast Syria (Rojava).

During the meeting, “President Barzani emphasized the importance and significance of dialogue, stability, and coexistence in the new Syria,” read a statement from Barzani Headquarters.

“Subsequently, the attendees had discussions and exchanged views on several topics, and to bring about stability, they shed light on several practical steps,” while Barrack thanked President Barzani for his continued support, it added.

President Barzani and Barrack held a one on one meeting prior to the extended one where Barzani “thanked America's role in assisting the Syrian parties to reach a resolution.”

Barrack also met Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Region to discuss the regional situation and Erbil-Baghdad relations.

Later in the day, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Abdi where the pair discussed the recent clashes, stressing the need to “establish peace, and cease military tensions and violence in Syria's current situation.”

The Kurdistan Region President also met with Barrack later in the same day, where the pair discussed recent tensions between Kurdish-led and Damascus-affiliated forces

Clashes between the Kurdish-led and Damascus-affiliated forces are ongoing despite a ceasefire in Aleppo with both trading balance for the conflict.

Abdi late Friday announced that they have decided to withdraw from areas in eastern Aleppo, where clashes with Damascus-linked factions frequently took place, in a show of “good faith” in completing the integration process in accordance with the March 10 Agreement.

Despite a ceasefire and SDF's agreement to retreat from areas west of the Euphrates, altercations continued in Raqqa between the two forces on Saturday.

The implementation of the March 10 Agreements was long stalled by continued clashes between the two sides and disagreements on core governing principles, with the Kurdish authorities.