Mazloum Abdi

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Ahmed al-Sharaa's deal with SDF: New chapter for Syria's Kurds?

Analysis: The interim president and the SDF agreed to integrate Kurdish-led forces into the Syrian military, but the deal raises more questions than it answers

Francesco Salesio Schiavi 
18 March, 2025
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How Syria-SDF agreement impacts Iraq's security and politics

Dana Taib Menmy
12 March, 2025
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PKK disarmament call 'not related to us in Syria': SDF chief

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2025
Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), who heads the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview with AFP on October 10, 2023 in Syria's northern city of Al-Hasakeh. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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SDF wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria: leader

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2025
US forces patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province, mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
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US CENTCOM and SDF leaders meet amid fighting in northeast Syria

The New Arab Staff
18 January, 2025
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Mazlum Abdi to meet Masoud Barzani in push for Kurdish unity

Dana Taib Menmy
16 January, 2025
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Iraq calls on Turkey to apologise for Kurdish airport strike

The New Arab Staff
08 April, 2023
Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces, in 2020
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Syria: IS attack kills 6 Kurdish-led security force members

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 December, 2022
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US should prevent Turkish offensive in Syria: SDF commander

The New Arab Staff
24 November, 2022
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Four Syrian-Kurdish officers die in Turkish strike: SDF

The New Arab Staff
28 July, 2022
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Syria Kurds 'not at risk of US withdrawal after Afghanistan'

The New Arab Staff
28 September, 2021
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Take back all IS-linked foreigners in NE Syria: SDF chief

The New Arab Staff
28 June, 2021
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Washington 'puts pressure on Syrian Kurds' to unite

The New Arab Staff
18 June, 2021
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Russia's commander in Syria meets Kurdish SDF leader

The New Arab Staff
08 July, 2020
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Kurdish commander talks 'without confidence' to Syrian regime, Russia

The New Arab & agencies
03 November, 2019
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Kurdish forces had informant inside Baghdadi compound, general says

The New Arab
29 October, 2019