Syrian Kurds wave flags bearing the image of Abdullah Ocalan, in northeastern Syria, Feb. 27, 2025. (Credit: Delil Souleiman/AFP)
The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan's call for the militant group to disarm will not affect the SDF.
"The PKK's call to lay down their arms concerns them and does not concern our forces in Rojava [northeastern Syria]," said Mazloum Abdi, head of the SDF, whose main component, the People's Protection Units (YPG), Ankara considers an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said Thursday that jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan's call for the militant group to disarm will not affect the SDF.
"The PKK's call to lay down their arms concerns them and does not concern our forces in Rojava [northeastern Syria]," said Mazloum Abdi, head of the SDF, whose main component, the People's Protection Units (YPG), Ankara considers an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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