Mazloum Abdi, who led the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) until its dissolution this week, was appointed adviser to Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's official news agency SANA announced Friday.
Abdi on Tuesday declared the SDF dissolved and announced the completion of its integration into Syria's armed forces — a process that ended the Kurdish-led force's decade-long existence as an independent military organisation.
US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack described the SDF's dissolution as "genuine integration" and said assigning influential government positions to Kurdish officials, including Abdi, showed respect for Kurdish leadership and the contribution Kurdish forces had made to regional stability.
Who is Mazloum Abdi?
Born Mustafa Khalil Abdi in 1967 in the Kobani region near the Turkish border, Mazloum Abdi studied engineering at Aleppo University and joined the PKK in the early 1990s, eventually rising through its ranks in Iraq and Europe.
