October 15 marks the seventh anniversary of the founding of the Syrian Democratic Forces, these forces that derive their legitimacy from their individuals from all their elements, and take it upon themselves to guard them in opposition to all types of terrorism and occupation. It’s the forces that fought essentially the most highly effective types of terrorism on behalf of the entire world for the sake of humanity and the values of freedom and justice.
On this regard, our company held a dialogue with the member of the Common Command of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Nowruz Ahmed.
Right here is the total textual content of the dialog:
What’s the motive that prompted you to ascertain the Syrian Democratic Forces?
After the assaults of ISIS mercenaries on town of Kobani and Shingal district, and in mild of the resistance that was proven in opposition to it by our forces. The fierce struggle that occurred in these areas, which resonated with the entire world, the best way was opened for the involvement of many elements within the ranks of the resistance and wrestle extra and with the management of the Safety Units.
Throughout that resistance, self-protection emerged among the many individuals of the area, and with the liberation of many different areas, lots of them joined the ranks of our forces, and on the similar time, with the institution of the Autonomous Administration, which was a mannequin for the brotherhood of peoples and coexistence, and the event of the idea of a democratic nation amongst these peoples, we determined set up an umbrella that features all elements with one another.
After the liberation of town of Kobani, we had plans to liberate different areas from ISIS mercenaries and liberate their individuals from their oppression, as a number of appeals from them to liberate them, and with many individuals fleeing ISIS oppression resorting to our areas and their requires coaching and getting ready themselves to liberate their areas.
On this foundation, many in depth discussions had been opened with the remainder of the navy formations, to ascertain the Syrian Democratic Forces to incorporate all elements and varied navy formations, and actually the institution of those forces was led by the Folks’s Safety Units and Girls, and specifically the Girls’s Safety Units, which performed a outstanding function in that.
With the announcement of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the marketing campaign to liberate al-Hol and the areas that ISIS made a middle for spreading its ideology and extremism in opposition to our areas started, to incorporate the liberation of all areas that had been dominated by ISIS.
* What are the achievements of the SDF to this point?
We had campaigns to liberate many areas equivalent to (Al-Hol, Tishreen Dam, Al-Shaddadi, the Eileen and Judy marketing campaign, and the villages situated between Mount Kazwan and the Suluk space, Manbij, Tabqa and Raqqa), to conclude these campaigns in Deir ez-Zor, with the participation of all forces affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces and right here the significance of creating these forces emerged, as they liberated 1000’s of kilometers from the NES and ended the presence of ISIS mercenaries geographically.
With the institution of those Forces, our navy forces differed from the remainder of the factions in Syria, such because the Free Army, Jabhat al-Nusra and the factions affiliated with al-Qaeda, by way of the strategy of preventing and their proximity to the individuals of the area, not like some believed that they’re Kurdish forces that need to rule the area after its liberation of ISIS mercenaries. Immediately our areas stay a mannequin of coexistence, this is without doubt one of the most vital steps, it has an amazing impression.
The institution of a navy pressure comprising tens of 1000’s of various elements (the Syriac Navy Council, Al-Sanadid Forces, Al-Thuwar Army, the Democratic North Brigade, the Kurdish Entrance, the Al-Bab Navy Council, and the Jazira, to be adopted by the Deir Ezzor Navy Council, the Manbij Navy Council and the remainder of the liberated areas), making it an impartial pressure to guard the area. It has made nice sacrifices. It additionally elevated the facility of the Autonomous Administration and the unfold of the idea of a democratic nation.
* The Syrian Democratic Forces had been established in response to the foundations of the democratic nation and the embrace of the revolutionary forces that consider within the brotherhood of peoples. To what extent have these forces preserved the Syrian material?
The idea of brotherhood of peoples within the area has turn into like a nail that you simply can’t separate out of your finger. We will additionally say that everybody is popping to our forces right this moment. They see the power of the answer, and that is due to their their dedication to the legal guidelines of struggle, and so they had been the pioneers of those forces that confronted nice difficulties.
We all know that our forces have deficiencies, and we all the time carry them up; to seek for methods to keep away from it, and regardless of the delicate phases we went via and our wars with completely different powers, we had been in a position to bypass all of this, and the good function in all of this was for our forces, not as it’s mentioned that these beneficial properties had been achieved with exterior assist, or the intervention of the worldwide coalition forces. We don’t deny that it helped us within the struggle in opposition to ISIS.
We don’t depend upon exterior forces, however we derive our power from our individuals as a result of it’s the actual pressure that helps our again, and the pressure that derives its power from its individuals can face all delicate phases.
* The Syrian Democratic Forces have allied themselves with the worldwide coalition to get rid of ISIS, how do you consider this alliance that also exists?
The participation of the worldwide coalition within the struggle in opposition to ISIS was vital. At first, our forces had been established in response to the capabilities of the individuals of the area, and had been in a position to set up themselves. It handled common forces with their superior and completely different weapons. We don’t deny that that stage was tough, however in a short while, we had been in a position to overcome all difficulties within the struggle in opposition to ISIS mercenaries.
It’s true that there was assist from the worldwide coalition forces, however our forces additionally had an vital function, as they know the geography of the area. Partnership with the coalition performed an vital function in preventing terrorism, regardless that it was our first expertise.
* Your struggle in opposition to ISIS remains to be occurring, and there are huge actions of ISIS mercenaries in some areas. What are the help components for these actions, and from the place do they obtain this assist and instructions in your opinion?
Our struggle in opposition to ISIS remains to be occurring, regardless of the top of its existence geographically, however its hazard nonetheless exists, because it advantages from the instability of the area, its financial and political scenario. Subsequently, the hazard of ISIS remains to be current, as it’s attempting to manage completely different areas through the previous months.
This isn’t info we offer to you, however the reality. ISIS is attempting to free its captives, arm them, and unfold them world wide, along with coaching the kids “cubs of the caliphate” to combat. This is without doubt one of the most vital dangers we face, and to be able to utterly finish ISIS’ presence, our partnership should final with the worldwide coalition, in any other case, the victories through the years will probably be in useless; The truth that ISIS mercenaries is a corporation that renews and modifications, and what confirms that is that they don’t depend upon one particular person, and this was demonstrated via the killing of their leaders, to nominate a brand new chief for them inside days, they’re a thought, not a pressure linked to individuals.
* There are millions of ISIS mercenaries detained by you, along with the presence of 1000’s of their households within the camps, and they’re thought-about a remnant of the struggle in opposition to ISIS, however the worldwide coalition and the worldwide group are reluctant to unravel the file of those mercenaries, in your opinion, why?
There are numerous ISIS mercenaries we’ve got, we should take into consideration discovering options for them and their households, what is going to occur to these affected by ISIS, what is going to occur to the areas that had been destroyed due to them, what are the options to rebuild what was destroyed and the way forward for the individuals of the area, after all that is the duty of the worldwide group and the entire world, not as they suppose that ISIS is ended?
This isn’t permissible. Immediately we see the scenario in Iraq and the circumstances of the areas below the management of the Damascus authorities and the areas occupied by Turkey, this dilemma should be resolved.
* Is there any improvement on this file, and did you focus on with the worldwide coalition the repercussions of preserving this file suspended?
I’m assured that if the world desires to unravel the ISIS concern, it could possibly, regardless of its problem, however everybody should understand how harmful the answer is. It’s primarily based on its pursuits, the primary of which isn’t diagnosing the truth of the issue and shifting in response to it, and secondly, fixing the ISIS concern is linked to a number of different points and can’t be separated from one another, and it should be resolved politically, not solely in Syria, however in the entire world, away from struggle, so what’s the political mannequin which the worldwide group thinks to unravel this concern, regardless of the worldwide disaster. Along with the deteriorating financial scenario within the area, and with the emergence of a worldwide financial disaster, which elevated its impression on the area, and all this results in the dispersal of the individuals’s pondering and the younger group about their unknown future, so fixing these points is just not straightforward, however it’s potential for them.
Immediately, the mission of Autonomous Administration and the mission of our forces can unfold all through the world, however there are those that don’t settle for it, and the precept of brotherhood of peoples. We see that, the assaults and threats of the occupying Turkish state proceed in opposition to us; as a result of it doesn’t settle for our thought, and it all the time creates arguments that we threaten its “nationwide safety” to finish our mission, which it considers a menace to it, and actually we didn’t provoke any assault in opposition to it, however it’s it that’s attacking us, not solely the Turkish state, there are different events that profit from the political vacuum and the crises it’s witnessing space, so they don’t seem to be on the lookout for an answer.
* The Turkish occupation state threatens and assaults northern and japanese Syria, and you might be companions with the worldwide coalition that opens the air to its planes to launch assaults in opposition to the leaders and other people of the area. Does this not require a evaluation of your relationship with the coalition?
The assaults of the Turkish occupying state are an try to empty the area of its residents, to facilitate its occupation, improve the variety of displaced individuals and use them as a strain card on European nations, and alternatively, concentrating on the leaders of the revolution within the Autonomous Administration and leaders of our forces is to sow terror within the hearts of our individuals.
The occupation assaults start once we obtain victory over ISIS mercenaries, and we noticed this in Kobani, and in different areas, and through our final marketing campaign in Deir Ezzor, we noticed how the Turkish occupation state launched assaults on Afrin in entrance of the entire world.
The assaults of the Turkish occupation state in opposition to us are an try to revive ISIS, which is profiting from our forces’ preoccupation with repelling these assaults to turn into lively once more, and its assault on Al-Sina’a jail is simply proof of that, in addition to what is occurring in Al-Hol camp and concentrating on the sleeper cells of our forces and bringing them weapons into our areas via the occupied areas. Kanye and Girê Spî.
The assaults that concentrate on our areas are principally within the title of ISIS mercenaries, however these behind them are the mercenary teams within the areas occupied by Turkey, as a result of ISIS mercenaries are totally lively in these areas, and this impacts our forces, as a result of increasing the realm of assaults and the escalation of the Turkish occupation of its assaults is a option to revive ISIS.
* The area is getting into a brand new section of assaults, and civilians are additionally weak to concentrating on. How can the individuals of north and east Syria shield themselves within the context of the individuals’s revolutionary struggle?
Our individuals’s resistance has an extended historical past, and everybody has realized that, and to be able to progress in our present stage, the stage of self-protection, our individuals should rally round its AA and its establishments and the Syrian Democratic Forces to type a unified circle to defeat the occupation, repel its assaults and never permit it to attain its objectives, as a result of we all know that there’s a hazard threatening In our areas, subsequently, we should shield ourselves and use all capabilities to implement self-protection in response to the present stage.
Immediately, our persons are properly conscious that there is no such thing as a level in emigrating and escaping, and that it’s their responsibility to organize themselves in response to the stage of the struggle, as a result of we’ve got experiences of resistance, and we noticed this within the resistance of Sheikh Maqsoud and the resistance of Kobani and Afrin, so we’ve got to maneuver in response to the present stage.
Our individuals should type a circle round their navy forces to type a bigger pressure, then the enemy will be unable to defeat us simply. . Our areas are occupied and our youngsters, aged and younger individuals who took up arms to defend the realm are being killed.
We would not have any intentions to manage completely different areas, however our objective is to guard our areas and our individuals, and our individuals should assist their navy forces to confront all threats.
* The Turkish occupation state occupied the areas of Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî. Do you have got future plans to liberate them?
Defending the peoples of the area and dwelling a free life, organizing and defending society is the primary obligations of our forces, so liberating the occupied areas is one in every of our most vital objectives and to be able to obtain this we’ll escalate our wrestle. Dedicated in opposition to our individuals and in opposition to our girls, we can’t settle for them as navy forces, and we’ll make all our efforts to attain this and we’ll work to strengthen our protection system and work in any respect diplomatic and navy ranges to liberate these areas.
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