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  The End of the Era of Armed Kurdish Forces? From Peace with the PKK to the Dissolution of the SDF and the Withdrawal of Western Forces from Kurdistan: Is the Middle East Entering a New Phase? Analysis – Radio Jiyar Within a relatively short period, several major developments have been unfolding across the Middle East. Although they may initially appear unrelated, taken together they could signal a major shift in the political and security dynamics surrounding the Kurdish issue. In Turkey, the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has entered a legal and implementation phase, with the Turkish parliament approving legislation in August 2026 aimed at advancing the disarmament and dissolution process. In Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have ended their independent military structure and begun the process of integrating their forces into the Syrian state’s institutions. At the same time, Germany has ended its military mission in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, ...

  From the Birth of the SDF to Its Dissolution: Have Syria’s Kurds Become Victims of Regional Power Politics? From Kobani to Damascus: More than a decade of war, thousands killed, and a dream of self-rule now facing a new political reality The announcement by Mazloum Abdi , commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) , on August 25, 2026, that the SDF’s independent military mission has come to an end is more than the dissolution of a military organization. It marks the end of an important chapter in the modern history of Syria’s Kurds. For more than a decade, the SDF evolved from a military coalition fighting ISIS into one of Syria’s most important political and military actors. It controlled large parts of northeastern Syria, fought ISIS with direct U.S. support, and established a form of self-administration in the areas under its control. Now, after years of war, thousands of deaths, and reliance on foreign powers, the SDF is being integrated into the Syrian state’s military ...