Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed former SDF ringleader Ferhat Abdi Şahin, also known as Mazloum Abdi, as a presidential adviser Friday, cementing a dramatic political shift just days after the group announced its dissolution and integration into state institutions.
The appointment was announced in a decree signed by al-Sharaa and carried by state news agency SANA.
“Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic,” the decree said, using one of the names by which Abdi has been known.
His appointment comes after he announced Tuesday that the SDF would dissolve under an agreement reached with Damascus in January to integrate its armed units and civilian administration into Syrian state institutions.
Abdi said the move followed “the completion of the process of integrating our forces into the brigades of the Syrian army.”
