
Commander Of Kurdish-Led Militia Rejects Disarmament, Calls For Negotiated Integration Into Syrian Army
In an interview with Al Arabiya yesterday, Mazloum Abdi, warned that, any approach other than a joint agreement would“lead to major problems.”
“We haven't decided to give up our arms or disband,” Abdi said, noting that, the SDF is open to talks about forming“a single national army.”
He added that, the SDF proposed creating a joint military committee, to study the issue, and emphasised his opposition to“two separate armies in Syria.”
Abdi remarked that, SDF representatives were not invited to discussions led by Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, regarding the integration of various factions into Syria's new Defence Ministry.
“The outcome of those meetings does not concern us, because we were not part of them,” he stated, underscoring that the SDF's relationship with al-Sharaa“depends on actions, not words.”
Refuting rumours that Iran has supplied the SDF with weaponry, Abdi dismissed the need for Iranian arms, including drones, and underlined that U.S. forces remain important mediators.“We value the presence of American troops in Syria to help narrow differences in viewpoints,” he said.
The SDF, bolstered by U.S. support and dominated by Kurdish units, controls extensive areas in northern and eastern Syria.
An SDF delegation met with al-Sharaa in Damascus on Dec 30, for the first time, since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's government on Dec. 8 last year.
Amid the surprise advance led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forces into Damascus, in early Dec, Turkish-backed factions launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, forcing the SDF to withdraw from certain areas.
Turkiye views the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which forms the core of the SDF, as an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
No immediate comment was available from the new Syrian administration, regarding Abdi's statements, though officials have previously expressed a desire to incorporate all factions into a unified national force.– NNN-SANA

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