Syria's Kurdish-led SDF dissolves as part of integration with Damascus

The Kurdish-led ⁠Syrian Democratic Forces ​has been dissolved, the armed militant group's leader said on ​Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the Islamist-led government in Damascus. The government and the group, which helped defeat the Islamic State with U.S. backing and held

"We announce today the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces and announce with full responsibility its dissolution as an independent military force," SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said.

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group.

DAMASCUS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has been dissolved, the armed militant group's leader said on Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the Islamist-led government in Damascus. "We announce today the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic F

Syria's Kurdish-led SDF dissolves as part of integration with Damascus  Reuters

DAMASCUS, Aug 25 - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has been dissolved, the armed militant group's leader said on Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the Islamist-led government in Damascus.

SDF commander campaigns for Kurdish language preservation after decade fighting ISIL.