Kurdish-led SDF has dissolved, but has Syria really unified its military?

Tuesday’s announcement that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had dissolved, with its forces merging with the Syrian military, represents a boost for a government seeking to demonstrate that it has sole authority over the country.And yet, analysts have told Al Jazeera, the finer details of military integration remain, indicating that the divisions that have beset Syria over almost 14 years of war, and then in the 20 months since the fall of the al-Assad regime, have not been totally eradicated.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Putin and al-Sharaa discuss Russia-Syria relations, deal on military baseslist 2 of 3Syria removed: Which countries are still on the US ‘terror’ list – and why?list 3 of 3Kurdish-led SDF announces dissolution after merging with Syria’s militaryend of listThe SDF, which emerged in 2015, has been based in the country’s northeast, where much of Syria’s historically marginalised Kurdish population lives.Despite months of talks, the SDF had been unwilling to give up on the autonomy it had gained during Syria’s war, but on Tuesday the group’s leader Mazloum Abdi (also known as Mazloum Kobani) said that an “important page” had been turned in the c...