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  "id": 3832940,
  "title": "Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/syria-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-his-adviser",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T22:30:25.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/syria-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-his-adviser"
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  "summary": "Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. \"Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic,\" announced the decree, signed by Sharaa and published by state news agency SANA.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Syrian president appoints SDF leader Mazloum Abdi as adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/syrian-president-appoints-sdf-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-adviser",
        "published": "2026-08-27T22:10:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Mazloum Abdi, from champion of Syria Kurdish autonomy to presidential adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/mazloum-abdi-from-champion-of-syria-kurdish-autonomy-to-presidential",
        "published": "2026-08-27T22:30:25.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Syria’s president appoints ex-commander of Kurdish-led SDF as advisor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/syrias-president-appoints-ex-commander-of-kurdish-led-sdf-as-advisor",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:09:41.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Syria President Appoints Kurdish Leader Mazloum Abdi As His Adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/syria-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-his-adviser-3847805",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:23:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Syria president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/syria-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-his-adviser-3845909",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:51:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Syria’s president appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as his adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/syrias-president-appoints-kurdish-leader-mazloum-abdi-as-his-adviser",
        "published": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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