![A convoy, belonging to the Syrian Ministry of Interior, consists of eight armored personnel carriers, numerous four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, ambulances and a mobile base station vehicle, and is moving along the eastern route in Al-Hasakah, Syria on February 2, 2026. [Mohamad Daboul - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AA-20260202-40438909-40438903-SYRIAN_INTERIOR_MINISTRY_CONVOY_MOVES_TOWARD_SDFCONTROLLED_CITY_CENTER.jpg)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi announced the military, security and administrative integration of the SDF with the Syrian state, saying a new phase would begin with a focus on political efforts to secure Kurdish rights in Syria’s constitution. Abdi, who heads the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, made the announcement on Thursday evening at a ceremony organised in Qamishli to mark the 100th anniversary of the city’s founding, attended by a number of senior local government officials in Hasakah province. “Today, with the completion of the integration phase with the government, we announce that we are entering a new phase and a new process,” Abdi said, adding that “the next battle will be political” and that the SDF would […]
