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2025-08-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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SDF blames Damascus-affiliated ‘armed groups’ for attack in eastern Syria
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[Rudaw] The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that five of their members were maimed in an attack purportedly carried out by "Damascus-affiliated gangs" in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province. The Kurdish-led forces held the Syrian interim government "directly responsible" for the assault and called for an immediate end to such actions.
In a statement released late Sunday, the SDF said that "gangs affiliated with the Damascus government launched an attack on a military post belonging to the al-Kasra Military Council in the town of al-Junaynah, in western Deir ez-Zor countryside, using BKC machine guns and a drone."
The SDF added that "five of our fighters were maimed in the festivities" as they "repelled the attack," and claimed to have inflicted "casualties among the attackers."
Describing the assault as "a desperate attempt to sow chaos and destabilize the region," the SDF asserted that "such treacherous attacks will not deter us from fulfilling our duty." The group further held the Syrian interim government "directly responsible for the actions of these groups" and called upon it to "immediately rein in its members and cease these aggressions."
Backed by the United States, the SDF functions as the de facto military force in the Kurdish-majority northeast Syria (Rojava). It remains a key partner of the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS).
The latest statement comes amid ongoing mutual accusations between the SDF and the Damascus government, with each side blaming the other for recent attacks on their respective positions.
In early August, the Kurdish-led internal security forces (Asayish), affiliated with the SDF, reported that two of their members were maimed when a "suicide drone" launched by the Syrian interim government struck a security checkpoint in northern Aleppo.
Responding to the accusations, Syria’s defense ministry denied to Rudaw that its forces had conducted "any attacks" in Aleppo neighborhoods. Instead, the ministry accused the Kurdish-led SDF of "launching several attacks" on Syrian army positions, including a purported infiltration attempt in the Tal Ma'az area east of Aleppo, which resulted in the death of a Syrian soldier.
On March 10, SDF chief Mazloum Abdi and Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a landmark agreement to integrate "all civil and military institutions" in Rojava under the administration of the Syrian state and to enforce a "ceasefire across all Syrian territory."
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
the two sides remain at odds over the interpretation of the term integration. While the SDF seeks to join the Syrian forces as a unified bloc, Damascus prefers to individually absorb and assimilate Kurdish fighters into the Syrian army. 
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