ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Wednesday said the dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) marked a key step toward strengthening state authority and achieving lasting stability in Syria.Turkiye has long regarded the SDF as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which waged an insurgency against the Turkish state for decades.“At this point, the dissolution of the SDF is an important development in terms of strengthening state authority across the country and bringing different segments of society together on a common political ground,” Burhanettin Duran, the Tu

The YPG/PKK-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced its dissolution as an armed group Tuesday after its forces were integrated into the Syrian...

The Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) decision to dissolve and fully integrate with the Syrian national army is one of the major “geopolitical shifts” in the region, Turkish…