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The Manbij Military Council (MMC) is a coalition established by several groups in the SDF, the Northern Sun Battalion and the Seljuk Brigade, on 2 April 2016 at the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates. The military council aimed to capture the city of Manbij across the river and many of the council members are local fighters from the surrounding areas.
An SDF fighter and a civilian were killed in clashes with SAA. [28] The SDF claimed to have captured the 7 villages under SAA control on the east bank of the Euphrates; Salhiya, Tabiya, Hatla, Khasham, Marat, Mazloum, and Husseiniya, and were incorporating them into the Deir ez-Zor Military Council. [3]
On 2 April 2016, SDF members and local police fired at a protest march from Umm Hajira to al-Hawl, killing a 15-year-old and injuring over a dozen others. [283] On 9 May 2019, SDF troops allegedly opened fire on protesters in the village of Al-Shheell, killing one person. [284]
The Manbij offensive was a military campaign launched by the pro-Turkish Syrian National Army (SNA) and the Turkish Air Force against Syrian Democratic Forces positions in Manbij lasting from 6 to 11 December 2024.
The Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) [a] is the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The SDC's stated mission is working towards the implementation of a "Pluralistic, democratic and decentralized system for all of Syria".
In late 2015, the YPG became part of the SDF, an umbrella group intended to better incorporate Arabs and minorities into the war effort. In 2016–2017, the SDF's Raqqa campaign led to the liberation of the city of Raqqa, the Islamic State's de facto capital. Several western sources have described the YPG as the "most effective" force in ...
The SDF deployed the Commando Forces to suppress the al-Sina’a Prison break in 2022. [6] [7] On 5 February 2024, six members of the Hêzên Komandos were killed within an SDF training academy near the al-Omar Oil Fields, when an Iranian attack drone launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) from Syrian Government territory struck the ...
Week-long protests broke out in areas held by SDF in Deir ez-Zor after threats of attacking SDF held areas in the region were made by pro-government and Iranian-backed forces in Deir ez-Zor such as the Baqir Brigade, calling for the withdrawal of Assad government and Iranian-aligned forces from Khasham. In response to the protests, the council ...