Mazloum Abdi

Mazloum Abdi
Mazloum Abdi
	Abdi in 2025
Other names	Noms de guerre:; Şahîn Cilo; Mazloum Abdî
Born	Kobani, Syria
Allegiance	Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2012–present)
Branch	Kurdistan Workers' Party (~1990–2011) People's Defense Forces; ; Syrian Democratic Forces (2012–present) People's Defense Units; ;
Service years	c. 1990–present
Rank	General Commander
Conflicts	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War Rojava conflict; Rojava–Islamist conflict; Eastern Syria insurgency; 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria; 2024 Syrian opposition offensives; ;
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Mazloum Abdi is a Syrian Kurdish military leader, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

According to organizational media, Mazloum Abdi was a member of the executive council of the PKK's branch, Kurdistan Communities Union, in 2013. Abdi's SDF reached an integration agreement with the Syrian transitional government on 10 March 2025 after Abdi congratulated Ahmed al-Sharaa on assuming the Syrian presidency.