Mazloum Abdi announces the dissolution of «SDF» and its full integration into Syrian state institutions - Sarmad

The Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, announced the dissolution of his forces, the Autonomous Administration, and all military and civilian formations affiliated with them, and their full integration into the institutions of the Syrian state.

According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Abdi stated, “We announce the end of the Syrian Democratic Forces’ mission and their dissolution as an independent military force,” adding that Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa had affirmed the right to Kurdish-language education and taken an open stance on the right to mother-tongue education.

Last July, the SDF announced that it was “ready to integrate” into the institutions of the Syrian state, but it rejected any dissolution that would undermine Kurdish rights or threaten the security of the region.

During a recent ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Qamishli, Abdi said that “based on the January 29 agreement, a new phase has begun,” noting that “the integration phase – concerning our military, security, and administrative institutions – within the national state institutions has been completed and concluded.”

On August 22, Mazloum Abdi stated in an interview with the Rudaw media network that “oil sites that were under our control, such as Rumilan and Al-Suwaydiya, among others, have been officially handed over to the Syrian state.”

He added, “We have handed them over to the Ministry of Oil, and now American companies are operating here. They have contracts with the Syrian state, and they are now in charge of this file and managing it. Therefore, we can now say that the oil file is in the hands of the Syrian state.”

This announcement marks the culmination of a series of negotiations between the SDF and the new Syrian government led by the new Syrian administration under President Ahmad al-Sharaa, which began following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. The new Syrian administration has pledged to protect the cultural rights of Kurds and other minorities and to ensure their representation in state institutions.

This step reflects a radical shift in the Syrian political landscape, as the SDF, backed by the United States, had controlled roughly a quarter of Syria’s territory, including the country’s largest oil and gas fields.