Mustafa Khalil Abdi, also known as Mazloum Abdi, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as Adviser to the Presidency of the Republic since 2026. He previously served as comma
Abdi in 2025
Mazloum Abdi at the Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters
The meeting between Mazloum Abdi and Masoud Barzani, 16 January 2025
Agreement stipulating the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the institutions of the Syrian Arab Republic, 10 March 2025.
The Syrian Democratic Forces was a Kurdish-led coalition of left-wing ethnic militias and rebel groups, which served as the official military wing of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North
Mazloum Abdi
…and former rebel commander who has served as Adviser to the Presidency of the Republic since 2026. He previously served as commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) until its dissolution in 2026. Born to Syrian Kurdish parents from the Kurdish village of Halanj, near Kobani, Abdi was raised by a father who…
Press conference of the SDF on 22 January 2018, involving Kino Gabriel (center), spokesman of the SDF.
SDF fighters celebrating their victory in the Battle of Raqqa against ISIL with a portrait of PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan in the background, mid-October 2017
Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the 14-point agreement on the ceasefire and the integration of the SDF, which was signed by SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi