# Syrian president names former Kurdish-led force commander as adviser

https://mins.news/en/item/35603

- Reuters, 2026-08-28 12:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrian-president-names-former-commander-kurdish-led-force-adviser-2026-08-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9179788f085800017b5565

> Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, signaling a rapprochement between the two long-standing adversaries from Syria’s civil war.

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