Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa has appointed former SDF/YPG ringleader Mazloum Abdi as an adviser, according to the SANA state news agency.
Al Sharaa issued a decree on Thursday, appointing Abdi to the position of "adviser to the Presidency of the Republic," SANA reported.
Abdi announced on Tuesday the dissolution of the SDF/YPG terror organisation at a news conference.
The Syrian administration and the YPG reached an agreement on January 29 providing for a ceasefire and the group's gradual integration into state institutions.
Abdi previously served as head of the SDF/YPG terror group.
The January deal stipulated that all civilian and military institutions controlled by the group in northeastern Syria — including border crossings, airports and oil and gas fields — would be incorporated into Syrian state structures.
The US-backed SDF terror group, dominated by the YPG — the Syrian branch of the PKK terrorist organisation — had previously resisted joining Syria's unified military structure and faced repeated accusations from Damascus of delaying the agreement’s implementation.
Türkiye has consistently called for all PKK-linked terror groups, including the YPG/SDF, to disarm and dissolve, stressing that Syria's stability depends on eliminating terrorist structures and preserving the country’s territorial integrity under a single government and national army.
SDF's announcement to dissolve came after the PKK terror group formally dissolved itself and ended its decades-long armed campaign, following sustained counter-terrorism operations by the Turkish military that largely dismantled the organisation's operational capacity and eliminated its ability to operate inside Türkiye.
