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).

2 days ago - Ankara has prepared comprehensive plans to address all scenarios related to the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria’s state institutions, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said on Saturday.

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.

2 days ago - Item 1 of 3 A person holds flags as people celebrate after the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate into Syria's new state ...

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

3 days ago - The Kurdish nationalist Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced Thursday that a preliminary agreement had been reached for three divisions to remain affiliated with them within the military structure of the Syrian Army.

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 ...

3 days ago - Syrian government has presented the Syrian Democratic Forces with a final 13-point integration plan to dissolve into the national army, with Türkiye's backing.

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.

3 days ago - Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkey did not want to resort to military action again against Syria's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), but warned that the patience of the actors involved was running out over what ...

3 days ago - On March 10, the Syrian presidency announced the signing of an agreement to integrate the SDF into state institutions, reaffirming Syria’s territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division.

3 days ago - He explained that Damascus sent a proposal paper regarding military integration, adding that a preliminary agreement had been reached allowing the SDF to keep three military divisions in northern and eastern Syria.

4 days ago - ANKARA, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday that Turkey did ‍not want to resort to military action again against Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), but warned that the patience of the ‌actors ...

4 days ago - Turkey is sharpening its warnings to Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signalling that diplomatic patience is thinning as a landmark integration deal with Damascus remains stalled, raising fears the fragile calm in northeastern ...

September 5, 2025 - The authorities have declared the ... goal has been uneven. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—a Kurdish-led coalition that has served as the principal U.S....

4 days ago - ANKARA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Foreign Minister ​Hakan Fidan said ​on Thursday that Turkey did ⁠not want to resort to military action again against Syria's Kurdish-led ​Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), ‍but warned that the ​patience of ...

2 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.

5 days ago - As the deadline for implementing the March 10 agreement approaches, Syria has reached a critical juncture. According to my contacts and media leaks, Damascus has now delivered what it considers its final offer to the SDF, outlining a roadmap for integration and consisting of 13 points.