The end of the Syrian Democratic Forces. 🇸🇾 On 20 August, General Mazloum Abdi announced that ‘the military, security and administrative integration process has been completed’. This came weeks after the formation of the four new SDF/YPG brigades within the 60th & 72nd Divisions was completed and the Asayish forces took control of the remaining positions in the contact zones following the withdrawal of the STG. The withdrawal of non-Syrian Kurdish forces, which had fought for years within the ranks of the SDF, was also announced. However, despite the official announcement, the process of integrating certain SDF institutions into the national structure remains pending, as does the implementation of the rights of the Kurdish population (and their protection against the anti-Kurdish campaign by Arab tribes) promised by the Syrian transitional government in January. It also remains to be determined how the ‘autonomous’ zone of Hasakah will function, and which powers will be shared and which will be regional.