Despite Agreement with Damascus, SDF Continues Recruitment and Training - Enab Baladi

Despite agreement with Damascus, SDF continues recruitment and training - Enab Baladi

Enab Baladi – Khaled al-Jeratli The demands of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the new Syrian government have delayed the negotiation process between the two sides. However, the agreement last March between them suggested that the issues had been resolved, while the SDF’s movements and demands for its presence as a unified military block within the new Syrian army continued. While the SDF is supposed to move toward integration into Syria…

Ilham Ahmed is the foreign relations representative of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). She is a Kurd from the city of Afrin (occupied by Turkey since 2018). In 1990, she began fighting for a democratic and pluralistic system in the region. Today, she represents AANES internationally and is a key figure for post-Assad Syria. She was the co-chair of the Rojava Executive Council, a key position that allowed her to ove…