# Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as adviser

https://mins.news/en/item/35314

- France 24, 2026-08-27 21:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260827-syria-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-his-adviser

> Syrian state media said President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser on Friday. The move came days after Abdi announced that his Kurdish forces would be dissolved under an integration agreement with Damascus.

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