Syrian Democratic Forces

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SDF
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 2015
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States
gptkb:International_Coalition_against_ISIS
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:General_Command_of_the_SDF
gptkbp:component gptkb:Al-Sanadid_Forces
gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_Military_Council
gptkb:Euphrates_Liberation_Brigade
gptkb:Jazira_Canton's_Self-Defense_Forces
gptkb:Liwa_al-Tahrir
gptkb:Manbij_Military_Council
gptkb:Northern_Democratic_Brigade
gptkb:People's_Protection_Units
gptkb:Raqqa_Revolutionaries_Brigade
gptkb:Syriac_Military_Council
gptkb:Women's_Protection_Units
gptkbp:composition gptkb:Arab
gptkb:Turkmen
Armenian
Kurdish
Assyrian
multi-ethnic
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:flag https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Flag_of_the_Syrian_Democratic_Forces.svg
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:al-Hasakah,_Syria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Syrian Democratic Forces
gptkbp:ideology atheism
federalism
democratic confederalism
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Mazloum_Abdi
gptkbp:motto Unity, Struggle, Victory
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:قوات_سوريا_الديمقراطية
gptkb:Hêzên_Sûriya_Demokratîk
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Manbij
gptkb:Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)
gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_campaign
gptkb:Operation_Olive_Branch_(opposed)
gptkb:Battle_of_Kobani
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Syrian_National_Army
gptkb:Turkish_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
Syrian Arab Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria
gptkbp:purpose defense of North and East Syria
fight against ISIS
protection of ethnic and religious minorities
gptkbp:size estimated 50,000–100,000 fighters
gptkbp:status de facto military of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
gptkbp:website https://sdf-press.com/en/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War
gptkb:SDF
gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War_intervention
gptkb:Rojava_Revolution
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Kurdish–Arab_conflict
gptkb:Kafr_Naya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5