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 ...

12 hours ago - The number of deaths from an attack carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo on Monday rose to five, according to local authorities.

12 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.

12 hours ago - An attack carried out by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo on Monday has killed five people and wounded nine others, according to the local health authority.

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.

1 day 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 ...

4 days ago - In August 2016, Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield to prevent the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from linking Afrin Canton (now Afrin Region) with the rest of Rojava and to capture Manbij from the SDF.

17 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 ...

17 hours ago - At least two civilians were killed and more than a dozen people injured after clashes erupted in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to medical and official ...

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

1 day 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) ...

1 day ago - Clashes between Syrian troops, SDF de-escalate in Aleppo

10 hours ago - The Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed to de-escalate fighting after clashes in Aleppo killed at least two people and wounded several others on Monday.

14 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.

1 day 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 ...

1 day 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 ...

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.

1 day ago - ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Monday ordered their fighters to observe a ceasefire following deadly clashes in Aleppo, as Turkey renewed calls for the integration of Kurdish ...