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Mazloum Abdi, leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, speaks during a televised speech at the People's Palace in Damascus on Tuesday. AFP

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The SDF's dissolution is a historic moment for Syria

EditorialAugust 27, 2026

The National

Shadi's take on Syria’s Kurdish-led SDF being dissolved

CartoonAugust 27, 2026

Members of an SDF brigade at a funeral for three Kurdish fighters killed in Aleppo, Syria. AFP

How pressure and months of stalling finally ended in SDF’s dissolution in Syria

MENAAugust 26, 2026

Women fighters stand guard during a joint operation by Syria's Kurdish Internal Security Police Force and the Syrian Democratic Forces, at Camp Roj, Hasakah province. AFP

SDF integration into Syrian state marks milestone but key tensions unresolved

MENAAugust 21, 2026

Some Syrian Kurds reportedly came under attack en route home after years of displacement. AFP

Violence mars return of displaced Syrian Kurds to border town after nearly seven years

MENAAugust 10, 2026

Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a briefing at a military base in north-east Syria. Reuters

Turkey summons US ambassador after top general's Syria visit

MENAMarch 07, 2023

A border guard loyal to the Syrian Democratic Forces near the Syrian town of Al Hol. AFP

Centcom detains five ISIS fighters for planning attacks

MENADecember 16, 2022

SDF and the US-led coalition troops practise using heavy weapons in north-eastern Syria, where fears are mounting of further attacks by Turkey. AFP

Kurds halt joint operations with US-led anti-ISIS coalition

SyriaDecember 02, 2022

A Turkish military convoy drives through the village of Binnish in Idlib province, Syria, in 2020. Ankara has promised a new offensive on parts of northern Syria controlled by Kurdish-led groups. Photo: AP

Syria 'should use air defences' against Turkish invasion

SyriaJune 06, 2022

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, pictured here alongside Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, urged Turkey to stick to ceasefire lines established in 2019. AFP

Blinken warns Turkey against launching offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria

USJune 01, 2022

SDF fighters stand guard during a press conference in Syria's north-eastern city of Hassakeh. AFP

Syrian Kurdish forces count losses after ISIS prison siege

SyriaJanuary 31, 2022

Syrians flee their homes in the Ghwayran neighbourhood in the northern city of Hasakeh on January 22, 2022. AFP

Civilians flee as Kurdish and ISIS fighters clash in north-east Syria

SyriaJanuary 22, 2022

A Marakeb Technologies vessel at Idex in Abu Dhabi. Tawazun has increased its stake in the Sharjah company. Victor Besa / The National

Tawazun’s investment arm SDF raises its share in Marakeb to 50%

BusinessNovember 13, 2021

An SDF fighter waits for surrendering ISIS members outside Baghouz ,Syria, 7 March 2019. Campbell MacDiarmid/ The National

Truckers play perilous role as emptiers of ISIS’s last pocket

March 01, 2020

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand at a position in the Baghouz area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, the last stronghold of ISIS in the region. AFP

Final ISIS push slowed after ‘unexpected’ appearance of more civilians

March 01, 2020

Russian military police in the countryside near the north-eastern Syrian town of Amuda on October 24, 2019. AFP

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Russia sends hundreds of military police to Syria for border patrols

October 25, 2019

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