Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

Kurdish female fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces gather with their rifles in a village near Al-Hasakah, Syria, on November 10, 2015.
Post-Assad Syria
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Syria, Kurds race to save integration deal ahead of deadline

Syrian, Kurdish and US officials are racing to revive stalled talks to integrate the SDF into the Syrian state before a year-end deadline.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 December, 2025
Mazloum Abdi [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Abdi says Kurdish SDF reach first deal to merge with Syria army

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 October, 2025
People gather near an active construction zone where roads are being reopened in Aleppo, Syria on April 13, 2025.
Aleppo
MENA
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Syrian army, SDF reach truce deal in Aleppo following clashes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 October, 2025
Syrian Kurds, fleeing from north of Aleppo, arrive in Tabqa, on the western outskirts of Raqa, on December 4, 2024.
Aleppo
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Syria security force member, civilian killed in Aleppo: state TV

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 October, 2025
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces stand with rifles slung over their shoulders in Aleppo on April 9, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syrian soldier killed in clashes with SDF in Aleppo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 August, 2025
Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces, in 2020
Kurdish
MENA
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Syrian Kurdish authorities reiterate call for autonomy after Damascus meeting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2025
Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
Mazloum Abdi
MENA
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Syrian Kurdish commander says open to meeting Erdogan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 May, 2025
Turkey is seeking to play a major role in the rebuilding of Syria
Syria
MENA
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Erdogan says Syria's agreement with Kurds will 'serve peace'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 March, 2025
Northern Syrian city of Manbij
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
MENA
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Syria monitor says 10 dead in clashes in north, car bomb kills 9

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2025
Manbij has been a flashpoint area which housed US outposts and has seen battles between Turkey and Kurdish fighters [GETTY]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Turkish drone strike kills 11 civilians in north Syria: monitor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2024
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Syria
MENA
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11 killed in Kurdish-led attacks on pro-Turk position in N Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 November, 2024
SDF
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey strikes multiple SDF sites across northeastern Syria

The New Arab Staff
27 October, 2024
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Hugo Goodridge
26 September, 2024
Erdogan's vow to create a "safe zone" may mean an assault on the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey's Erdogan vows to create 'safe zone' in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 November, 2022
Al Hol [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Syria Kurds hunt jihadists in sweep of notorious Al-Hol camp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 August, 2022
Syria
World
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Australian teenager feared dead in Syrian jail: family

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2022
The US-backed SDF said that they had recaptured the prison [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Clashes continue at Syria prison hit by IS

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 January, 2022
Dozens of people fled the fighting between IS and the SDF in Hasakeh [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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US strikes Syria's Hasakeh following deadly IS jailbreak

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2022
Syria
MENA
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Seven civilians killed in shelling of Syrian city of Afrin

The New Arab Staff
21 January, 2022
Syria Manbij
United States
MENA
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Islamic State release hundreds of 'human shields' in Syria

The New Arab & agencies
14 August, 2016
Manbij SDF
United States
MENA
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Islamic State abducts thousands of Syrians as 'human shields'

The New Arab
12 August, 2016