Mazloum Abdi announces dissolution of SDF, AANES

Shafaq News- Damascus

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi on Tuesday announced the formal dissolution of the SDF and the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) at a press conference, bringing their military and civilian institutions under state authority.

Earlier in the day, Syrian transitional President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met Abdi and Ilham Ahmed, co-chair of AANES’s foreign relations department, in Damascus. A source familiar with the talks told Shafaq News that they discussed regional developments and issues of mutual concern.

The decision completes an integration process agreed by Damascus and the SDF on Jan. 29, under which military and administrative structures, prisons, oil fields, border crossings, and other institutions in northeastern Syria would come under state authority.

Abdi had confirmed on Aug. 20 that Kurdish military, security, and administrative institutions had been incorporated into the state, calling it the start of a new phase for Syria's Kurds after years of self-administration during the conflict.

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