Mazloum Abdi | |
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Birth name | Farhad Abdi Shaheen |
Other name(s) | Noms de guerre: Şahîn Cilo[a], Mazloum Abdî[b] |
Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Kobani, Syria |
Allegiance | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2012–present) |
Service | Kurdistan Workers' Party (~1990-2011)[1]
Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–present)
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Years of service | ~1990–present |
Rank | General Commander |
Battles / wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War |
Farhad Abdi Shaheen[2] (Kurdish: فەرهاد عەبدی شاهین, romanized: Ferhad Ebdî Şahîn; Arabic: فرهاد عبدي شاهين), better known by his nom de guerre Mazlum Kobane,[3][c] is a Syrian Kurdish military leader, serving as the commander-in-chief[d] of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).[10][11]
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"For a period of time, I served in P.K.K. ranks," Mazloum told me. "Öcalan was working here, and the people here had loyalty to him. But the Y.P.G. is not a terrorist organization. Always the Turks like to paint everything in Syria like it's the P.K.K., but this is not true." Yet Mazloum has relatives who are still with the P.K.K. Huge posters of Öcalan adorned every Y.P.G. and S.D.F. base I visited.
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