Home · World · Aug 27 archive
Syria’s president appoints ex-commander of Kurdish-led SDF as advisor
Confirmed
Alongside the military track, al-Sharaa issued a decree in January recognising Kurdish as a national language and restoring citizenship to Syria Kurds, the first formal recognition of Kurdish rights since Syria’s independence in 1946.
US-backed Kurdish leader shifts from battlefield to palace amid power reshuffle Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus.
US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that "this is what real integration looks like... former counterparts with differing points of view crafting a diplomatic solution to strengthen the sovereign nation of Syria".
Al-Sharaa issued Decree No 164, appointing Abdi as “as an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic” on Thursday, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported. During the violence, Sharaa signed a decree enshrining the Kurds' national rights and recognising Kurdish as a national language -- an unprecedented step since Syria's independence in 1946.
But Abdi signed up to the integration deal following clashes this January that saw the Kurds lose swathes of territory to government troops, and as the Kurds' longtime backer Washington drew close to the new authorities in Damascus.
Abdi said Tuesday that the SDF's dissolution followed "the completion of the process of integrating our forces into the brigades of the Syrian army".
What's confirmed
- Alongside the military track, al-Sharaa issued a decree in January recognising Kurdish as a national language and restoring citizenship to Syria Kurds, the first formal recognition of Kurdish rights since Syria’s…
- During the violence, Sharaa signed a decree enshrining the Kurds' national rights and recognising Kurdish as a national language -- an unprecedented step since Syria's independence in 1946.
- Alongside the military track, al-Sharaa issued a decree in January recognising Kurdish as a national language and restoring citizenship to Syria Kurds, the first formal recognition of Kurdish rights since Syria’s indepen
- US-backed Kurdish leader shifts from battlefield to palace amid power reshuffle Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abd
- US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that "this is what real integration looks like...
- Al-Sharaa issued Decree No 164, appointing Abdi as “as an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic” on Thursday, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported.
What's still developing
- Al-Sharaa issued Decree No 164, appointing Abdi as “as an advisor to the Presidency of the Republic” on Thursday, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported.
- US-backed Kurdish leader shifts from battlefield to palace amid power reshuffle Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after…
- US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that "this is what real integration looks like... former counterparts with differing points of view crafting a diplomatic solution to strengthen the sovereign…
- Abdi said Tuesday that the SDF's dissolution followed "the completion of the process of integrating our forces into the brigades of the Syrian army".
- But Abdi signed up to the integration deal following clashes this January that saw the Kurds lose swathes of territory to government troops, and as the Kurds' longtime backer Washington drew close to the new…