Syria01 September, 20262 min read
Syrian Internal Security Forces Enter Hasakah, Take Over SDF Camps After Mazloum Abdi Announcement
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Syrian Internal Security Forces enter Hasakah and deploy at former SDF positions after dissolution. Internal Security take over SDF headquarters as part of state reassertion and merger.
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Forces enter Hasakah
Syrian internal security forces entered the northeastern city of Hasakah early Tuesday, deploying at positions previously held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the Kurdish-led group’s formal dissolution and integration into Syria’s state institutions.
The deployment followed SDF commander Mazloum Abdi’s Aug. 25 announcement in Damascus that the group had ended its mission and ceased to exist as an independent military force after completion of its integration into the Syrian army.
İlke Haber Ajansı said the forces moved into several military and security positions in Hasakah and took control of key camps and facilities previously operated by the SDF, as the transfer of security and administrative authority to Damascus continued over more than a year.
The same process was described by عين ليبيا as Internal Security Forces taking over sites and facilities previously under SDF control, including the Turāʾ al-Ṭalāʾ camp in Hasaka, synchronized with security and military units inside the city and along several of its fronts.
Abdi’s announcement and takeover
In Damascus, Abdi made the dissolution announcement after a meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the People’s Palace, and İlke Haber Ajansı quoted him describing the move as the beginning of a new phase focused on peace, stability and the rebuilding of Syria. عين ليبيا also quoted Abdi’s televised press-conference statement: “Circumstances have changed today and the country has entered a new phase under the banner of peace and the rebuilding of a new Syria.”
The field implementation in Hasaka included government military police entering the city with about 100 personnel spread across roughly 15 vehicles, with members deployed in front of the governorate building, according to عين ليبيا. Kurdistan24 described a wider deployment in al-Hasakeh, with Internal Security, National Security, the Military Police, the Special Forces, and the Road Security Forces entering through multiple fronts while procedures for taking over the headquarters and vital facilities continued.
Integration timetable and stakes
The sources tied the Hasakah takeover to a longer integration timetable, with İlke Haber Ajansı citing a January 2026 agreement between Damascus and the SDF calling for gradual incorporation of military, security and civilian institutions into Syrian state institutions. By August, Syrian authorities said the process had reached its final stages, culminating in Abdi’s announcement that the SDF had been dissolved as an independent force, and İlke Haber Ajansı said President al-Sharaa appointed Abdi as an adviser to the Syrian presidency shortly after the declaration.
Al-Jazirah Net framed the shift from announcement to implementation by saying internal security forces took over the Talaea Camp from the dissolved SDF and that a security meeting was held in the Hasakah governorate building to discuss completing deployment. In the same account, political analyst Hamza al-Muheimed said the step comes as implementation of the dissolution announcement of the SDF and described it as “confirming the sincerity of the SDF’s intentions to integrate within the state institutions, especially after realizing that no one can bear arms outside the state framework.”