Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus.

"Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic," said the decree, signed by Sharaa and published by state news agency SANA.