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Syrian president appoints Kurdish leader Abdi as adviser, days after SDF dissolved
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) attends a meeting with his foreign minister (not pictured) and Mazloum Abdi (2nd-L), the leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), at the People’s Palace in Damascus on August 25, 2026. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media says.
“Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic,” announces the decree, signed by Sharaa and published by state news agency SANA.
The declaration comes days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces under an integration deal with Damascus.
The Syrian education ministry also publishes a decision authorizing Kurdish-language instruction in public and private schools.
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