Syrian Democratic Forces

October 21, 2025 - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-led coalition of U.S.-backed left-wing ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES; also unofficially known as Rojava).

We need your help and acknowledgement now. Our forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who are fighting Turkish-backed militias as we speak, are a multi-ethnic military coalition of over 100,000 soldiers. We are now in control of 40% of Syrian territory. We fought and defeated ISIS, for ...

5 hours ago - Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to de-escalate fighting in the northern city of Aleppo late on Monday, after a wave of exchanges that both sides blamed on each other left at least two civilians ...

6 hours ago - Turkey views the U.S.-backed SDF, which controls swathes of northeastern Syria, as a terrorist organisation and has warned of military action if the group does not honour the agreement.

6 hours ago - Three civilians were killed and several others, including children, security personnel and civil defense workers, were wounded on Monday when fire from the terrorist YPG/PKK-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) struck northern Aleppo, prompting ...

The SDF are a military alliance in which the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) is a prominent component. In March 2025, SDF leaders signed a deal with the Transitional Administration to integrate their armed forces and civilian institutions into the new Syrian military and Ministry of Defence.

6 hours ago - Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces reached a tentative agreement to de-escalate hostilities in Aleppo following a series of attacks that left two civilians dead and several others wounded, according to local ...

7 hours ago - At least three people were killed and 31 others injured after clashes broke out between Syrian army troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, as high-level talks continued over plans to ...

7 hours ago - The al-Baggara tribal federation, one of Syria's largest tribal groups with an estimated two million members nationwide, declared a nationwide mobilization Monday aimed at pushing back SDF militias from Arab-majority territories.

7 hours ago - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited Syria just hours before the clashes erupted · The SDF, which controls large parts of northeastern Syria while being backed by the US, is seen by Turkey as a terrorist organization due to its connections ...

November 11, 2020 - The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the key powerbroker in north-eastern Syria. Operating through the local Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria

12 hours ago - The deal has since been hindered ... from the northeast Syria (Rojava) administration. The US-backed SDF functions as the de facto army of northeast Syria and played a key role in the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS) ...

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November 12, 2025 - Ankara and Damascus have been intensifying calls on the Rojava administration and its Kurdish-led forces to integrate into the Syrian state apparatus outlined in the March 10 agreement, with both parties deeming the presence of the autonomous administration as a threat to their national sovereignty. SDF chief Mazloum Abdi on Tuesday reaffirmed the Kurdish-led forces’ commitment to “accelerate the integration of the SDF into the Syrian state,” citing his phone call with US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack discussing the Sharaa-Trump meeting.

5 hours ago - The SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes are a series of armed skirmishes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the post-Assad Syrian Army, which is mainly composed of anti-Assadist and Sunni Islamist opposition ...

10 hours ago - Three civilians were killed and several people injured, including children, security forces, and civil defense workers, by fire from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo on Monday, in an attack that prompted dozens of families ...

9 hours ago - Turkey’s ruling party denies there are internal rifts over the Syrian Democratic Forces and insists that the Kurdish-led group must disarm.

7 hours ago - Turkey and Syria have developed close ties since the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last year and Ankara, a key supporter of the new authorities, sees the presence of Kurdish forces on its border with Syria as a security threat. "It is important that the SDF be integrated into the Syrian administration through dialogue and reconciliation, in a transparent manner, and that it no longer acts as an obstacle to Syria's territorial integrity and long-term stability," Fidan told a press conference with Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani.

9 hours ago - A civilian was killed, and several people were injured, including children, security forces, and civil defense workers, by fire from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo on Monday, in an attack that prompted dozens of families ...

9 hours ago - The SDF, which Syria designates as a terrorist organization, opened fire with heavy machine guns and artillery on positions of the Internal Security Forces and Syrian Arab Army near the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods, according to ...