QAMISHLI, Syria — Following a flurry of high-level meetings in Syria between Kurdish and foreign leaders, it seems some progress is being made on stabilizing the country's northeast region.

Abdulkarim Omar, a foreign relations leader in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), told news outlets July 15 that the United States has agreed to continue supporting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to combat Islamic State cells, and to maintain political and service support in northeast Syria.

Officials met July 13 in Ain Issa, including William Robak, a US adviser to the global coalition forces, and leaders of the global coalition against IS. On July 9, Robak and US special envoy to Syria James Jeffrey had met with officials of the Civil Council of Deir ez-Zor, which is affiliated with the self-administered Rojava area. Also attending were elders of Arab tribes in the area of al-Omar oil field east of Deir ez-Zor.

Those meetings followed an international conference held July 6 to 8 in Amouda regarding the burden presented by an estimated 14,000 IS members detained by the SDF in Kurdish-run prisons and camps. That conference drew 200 foreign and Arab academics, politicians, experts and former diplomats and specialists on the issues of terrorism, in addition to Kurdish officials. They discussed the possibility of establishing an international court in Syria to try the prisoners.