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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

SDF Syrian Democratic Forces

Syria's Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (L) and Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais (2nd-L) looking on as Minister of Higher Education Marwan al-Halabi (C) speaks during the first meeting of the new cabinet ministers in Damascus on April 7, 2025. Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa announced the formation of a new government on March 29. (SANA/Handout/AFP)
May 18, 2025, 6:06 am
Syria gives holdout armed groups deadline to join state forces
Armed groups with varying loyalties pose challenge to Syria’s new authorities as they try to assert control over all of the war-torn country
By AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) shaking the hand of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi after the signing of an agreement to integrate the institutions of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government, in the Syrian capital Damascus on March 10, 2025. (SANA / AFP)
March 10, 2025, 11:13 pm
Syrian government inks breakthrough deal with Kurdish authorities in northeast
Accord states US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be integrated into national army over a decade after formation, during outbreak of civil war
By AFP
Supporters display a poster depicting jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan, 75, after he called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to disarm and dissolve itself in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on February 27, 2025. (Yasin Akgul / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 8:10 pm
In major shift, Kurdish PKK founder urges group to disarm, end conflict with Turkey
Jailed separatist Abdullah Ocalan accepts olive branch extended by Ankara to end decades-long insurgency – but declaration’s influence on US-backed fighters in Syria unclear
By Fulya Ozerkan
(L) This handout picture provided by the media office of Syria's transitional government shows interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on February 2, 2025 ( Syria's Transitional Government / AFP) (R) Turkey's President Recep Tayyip in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)
February 4, 2025, 12:45 pm
Sharaa to discuss defense pact, Turkish bases in Syria with Erdogan
Ankara said to seek air bases in central Syrian desert as it seeks to replace Iran as the main power in the war-ravaged country after fall of Assad
By Reuters
Security forces reporting to Syria's transitional government patrol the streets of Dummar, a suburb of the Syrian captial Damascus, on January 15, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
January 19, 2025, 4:18 pm
Syrian defense minister rejects Kurdish proposal for own military bloc
US-backed Kurdish force demands ‘decentralized administration,’ refuses to dissolve itself in face of interim government’s efforts to unify armed forces
By Reuters
A masked opposition fighter carries a flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in the old walled city of Damascus, Syria, on December 10, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 11, 2024, 8:53 am
Jihadist rebels capture eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor from US-backed, Kurdish-led force
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ends brief rule by Syrian Democratic Forces after dramatic fall of Assad regime, as new caretaker government holds first meeting in Damascus
By AP and ToI Staff
People in Damascus celebrate on December 9, 2024, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending former president Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
December 9, 2024, 11:54 pm
Syrian rebels grant amnesty to Assad conscripts as leaders discuss transfer of power
Rebel leader al-Golani touts experience of administration over small Idlib region; Tehran insider claims Assad became a burden, regime leaked location of Iranian commanders
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mazloum Abdi, who heads the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview with AFP on October 10, 2023 in Syria's northern city of Hasakeh. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
February 8, 2024, 11:05 pm
Head of US-backed forces in Syria seeks more air defense after deadly drone strike
Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazloum Abdi says Iran-backed attack that killed six of his men is a ‘dangerous development,’ but US is committed to bolstering defense
By Maya Gebeily
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, September 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
September 6, 2023, 6:23 pm
Skirmishes between rival US-backed forces in Syria mar fight against Islamic State
Fighting between Kurdish-dominated SDF and Arab allies breaks out after arrest of latter’s leader, opening door to possible reemergence of deadly terror group
By BASSEM MROUE
Fighters from the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), headed by ex-members of Syria's former Al-Qaeda franchise, stand to attention during a military training graduation ceremony in the country's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on August 16, 2023. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
September 2, 2023, 6:44 am
Insurgents in northwest Syria kill at least 9 soldiers as fighting surges
Al-Qaeda-linked attackers strike government military position, as Turkey-backed forces battle Kurds in another region and protests continue over deteriorating economy
By BASSEM MROUE and HOGIR AL ABDO
File: a US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above US soldiers patrolling along the frontlines between areas held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish-backed fighters near the village of Dardara in the countryside of Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, December 26, 2021. (Delil souleiman/AFP)
March 26, 2023, 3:56 pm
Tehran blasts US for retaliatory strikes on Iranian-backed forces in Syria
Islamic Republic calls attack ‘act of aggression,’ labels Washington’s presence in Syria ‘illegal’; airstrike launched in response to drone attack that killed American contractor
By AFP
US forces shoot down an Iranian-made drone above Mission Support Site Conoco in northeast Syria, February 14, 2023. (Courtesy of CENTCOM)
February 15, 2023, 8:08 am
US shoots down Iranian-made spy drone over patrol base in northeast Syria
CENTCOM says UAV conducting reconnaissance above site, which was struck last month in rocket attack attributed to pro-Iranian groups
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square, in Raqqa, Syria, February 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
December 26, 2022, 9:25 pm
Six killed in Islamic State attack on SDF security HQ in Raqqa
Jihadists assault area containing a military intelligence prison housing some 200 IS inmates; two attackers were wearing explosive belts, says spokesperson for Kurdish force
By HOGIR AL ABDO
Fighters affiliated with the Turkish-backed "Syrian National Army" fire rounds while standing above a dirt barrier at a position near Azaz in the rebel-held north of the Aleppo province, opposite the town of Menagh, along the frontlines with areas under control by Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on November 29, 2022. (Aaref Watad/AFP)
November 29, 2022, 11:47 pm
US warns Turkish ground operation in Syria would ‘jeopardize’ gains against IS
Pentagon says offensive by Turkey ‘would destabilize the region,’ urges restraint; adds that US forces have reduced joint patrols with SDF
By AFP
Fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) take part in a military parade in the US-protected Al-Omar oil field in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor on March 23, 2021, marking the second annual anniversary of Baghouz's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
November 21, 2022, 3:18 pm
3 killed as Syrian Kurdish militants fire rockets at Turkish border town
Turkey says child and teacher among dead after high school, house and border gate struck; rights group says Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces responsible for attack
By Suzan Fraser
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