Syria’s Kurdish parties do not see eye to eye
While Syria's Kurds call for a unified political project to manage Kurdish territories, they remain confused about the differences between the Kurdish National Council and the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Russia has repeatedly encouraged the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, to open channels of dialogue and to include the SDF in the ranks of the regime's forces.
SDF commander Mazlum Kobane announced Oct. 28 that the SDF was ready to unite Kurdish nationalist parties in Syria’s Kurdistan. Kobane told Kurdish media that during meetings between the varied Kurdish political forces in Syria’s Kurdistan, they agreed to form a unified Kurdish framework.
He also denied the need for a military agreement with any Syrian Kurdish party. The Kurdish National Council has requested that the military forces of Rojava come to an agreement on the protection of the area. Kobane also said that the SDF has been fighting for eight years, had many fallen martyrs and that it represents all Kurdish parties.
Kobane said that the SDF did not mind the return of any Kurdish force to fight under the banner of the SDF, a jab at the Rojava peshmerga.
