Home › Entities › irregular_military › Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian Democratic Forces

alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
Organization irregular_military Q21096224
Syrian Democratic Forces
VOA · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
irregular military, armed organisation group[3]
Official website
sdf-press.com[9]
Native label
قوات سوريا الديمقراطية, Hêzên Sûriya Demokratîk[16][17]

Status and dates

Inception
October 10, 2015[6]

Location

Headquarters location
Hasakah[4]
Country
Syria[2]
Location
Qamishli[5]

Relations

Participant in
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, Turkish military operation in Afrin[14][15]
More facts +5
Commanded by
Mazlum Abdi[19]
Member count
+100000[18]
Participated in conflict
Syrian Civil War, Rojava Revolution[7][8]
Political ideology
federalism, democratic confederalism, secularism, minority rights[10][11][12][13]
Social media followers
24k (24k–25k, n=3)[20][21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en HSD en Syrian Democratic Forces en SDF en QSD en Qiwaat Suriyya al-Dimoqratiyya ar قوات سوريا الديمقراطية cs Syrské demokratické síly cs SDF de DKS de Demokratische Kräfte Syriens el Δημοκρατικές Δυνάμεις της Συρίας es FDS es Fuerzas Democraticas Sirias es Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias es SDF fa نیروهای سوریه دموکراتیک fr Forces démocratiques syriennes he בעליי ברית של הsdf הם ישראל בארצות הברית he הכוחות הסוריים הדמוקרטיים he הכוחות הסוריים הדמוקרטים נקראים גם sdf
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
465162664217155000381
Library of Congress authority ID
n2021039041
GND ID
1314671553
BBC News topic ID
ck30xlx54gkt
BBC Things ID
24915e3c-95e3-42cc-b42e-1e9338cc6e65
Facebook username
QSDMedia
France 24 topic ID (French)
forces-démocratiques-syriennes, fds
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bwcv72r0
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Syrian_Democratic_Forces
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987011001258405171
Quora topic ID
Syrian-Democratic-Forces
Topic's main category
Category:Syrian Democratic Forces
Show all 14 identifiers +2
X (Twitter) username
sdf_press_1
Yale LUX ID
group/f44793c7-3b5d-414d-9723-76113e071e62

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Has these parts 5
People's Defense Units, Women's Protection Units, Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade, Northern Sun Battalion, Al-Sanadid Forces
Participated in 5
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, Turkish military operation in Afrin, Battle of Raqqa, Manbij offensive, Al-Shaddadi offensive
Political ideology 4
secularism, federalism, minority rights, democratic confederalism
← Allegiance 3
Women's Protection Units, Ivana Hoffmann, Arîn Mîrkan
← Operator 3
Mansoura Dam, Al-Hawl refugee camp, Northern Syria Buffer Zone
Participated in conflict 2
Syrian Civil War, Rojava Revolution
← Military branch 2
Anti-Terror Units, Talal Silo
Commanded by 1
Mazlum Abdi
Country 1
Syria
Employees / affiliates 1
Ferhad Şamî
Headquarters location 1
Hasakah
Instance of 1
irregular military
Location 1
Qamishli
Participant in 1
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Topic's main category 1
Category:Syrian Democratic Forces
← Agent of action 1
Manbij offensive
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Syrian Democratic Forces
← Enemy 1
Leon Sedov Brigade
← Has effect 1
Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
← Military unit 1
Mazlum Abdi
← Political coalition 1
Anarchist Struggle
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Syrian Democratic Forces is an irregular military[1].

Related Entities

Hasakah Syria

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Syrian Democratic Forces. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/syrian-democratic-forces
MLA “Syrian Democratic Forces.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/syrian-democratic-forces.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_syrian-democratic-forces_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Syrian Democratic Forces}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/syrian-democratic-forces}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Syrian Democratic Forces — https://4ort.xyz/entity/syrian-democratic-forces (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/syrian-democratic-forces · Last refreshed: