Does the End of the SDF End Turkey’s Syria Problem? - Small Wars Journal

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Does the End of the SDF End Turkey’s Syria Problem? Abstract This analysis examines whether the dissolution and integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the Syrian state has solved Turkey’s security problem in Syria. It argues that the outcome depends less on the formal dissolution of the SDF than on whether Damascus can establish real military and political control over former SDF cadres. If former command networks and organizational influence remain intact in state institutions, integration may transform rather than eliminate Turkey’s security problem. Formal integration may al…