Syria's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remain defiant against calls to disarm but are pushing to integrate into the country's future military structure, their top commander told Al Arabiya in a bombshell interview. 🌍✨
'We haven’t decided to give up our arms or disband,' said SDF head Mazloum Abdi, while emphasizing openness to forming a 'single national army.' The group proposed a joint military committee to negotiate terms—a sharp contrast to uninvited Damascus-led talks about integrating factions into Syria’s new defense ministry.
Abdi dismissed rumors of Iranian arms supplies, calling U.S. forces 'important mediators' in bridging regional divides. The SDF, which controls large parts of northern and eastern Syria, faces pressure from Turkish-backed factions and the recent advance of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forces. Turkiye views the SDF’s core faction, the YPG, as linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
With no response yet from Syria’s new administration, tensions simmer over whether Damascus can unify the fractured nation. 🤝⚔️
