Quwwāt Sūriyā al-Dīmuqrāṭīya

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Quwwāt Sūriyā al-Dīmuqrāṭīya is a multi-ethnic, Kurdish-led alliance of militias in northern and eastern Syria that has been a key U.S.-backed ground force against ISIS and a central actor in the Syrian civil war.

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Quwwāt Sūriyā al-Dīmuqrāṭīya canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Syrian civil war faction ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
controlsDeFactoRegion Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ
formedAsAllianceOf Arab militias ⓘ
Assyrian/Syriac militias ⓘ
Kurdish militias ⓘ
hasAbbreviation SDF ⓘ
YPG (for main Kurdish component) ⓘ
linked to: YPG
hasAllegedFormationYear 2015 ⓘ
hasArabComponent Syrian Arab militias ⓘ
hasChristianComponent Assyrian militias ⓘ
Syriac Military Council ⓘ
hasComponentEthnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Syriacs ⓘ
Turkmen ⓘ
linked to: Turkmens
hasEnglishName Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
hasHeadquartersRegion northern Syria ⓘ
hasIdeology democratic confederalism ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMainKurdishComponent People's Protection Units ⓘ
Yekîneyên Parastina Gel ⓘ
hasPoliticalWing Syrian Democratic Council ⓘ
hasPrimaryAreaOfOperation eastern Syria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Syria

northern Syria ⓘ
hasPrimaryOpponent ISIS ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria security forces ⓘ
hasStatedGoal defeat of ISIS in Syria ⓘ
establishment of a democratic, decentralized Syria ⓘ
isCentralActorIn Syrian civil war ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Civil War
isKeyGroundForceAgainst ISIS ⓘ
isKurdishLed true ⓘ
isMultiEthnic true ⓘ
operatesInCountry Syria ⓘ
opposedBy Syrian government ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups ⓘ
participatedInBattle Battle of Kobani area campaigns ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kobani

Deir ez-Zor campaign against ISIS ⓘ
Raqqa campaign against ISIS ⓘ
supportedBy US-led coalition against ISIS ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Syrian Democratic Forces → alsoKnownAs → Quwwāt Sūriyā al-Dīmuqrāṭīya ⓘ
subject linked to: SDF