Russia offers help as Syrian Kurd leader names conditions for joining Assad's forces

Mazloum Abdi, the Kurdish commander of Syrian Democratic Forces, has named his conditions to integrate the Pentagon-backed militia into the Syrian armed forces commanded by U.S. foe Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a process Russia has offered to help with.
In an interview Thursday with Syrian Kurdish news outlet Rudaw, Abdi⁠—also commonly known as Kobani⁠—responded to recent calls by Assad and his administration for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to officially enlist in the Syrian military in order to jointly face a Turkish-led invasion backed by insurgent groups. Abdi evaluated Assad's resolve to fight together against Turkey as "positive" but said there was "room for criticism" in his failure to specify the nature of the Syrian Democratic Forces under a future arrangement.