23 April 2019 - 10:01
SDF to form Armenian battalion

<p style="text-align:left">The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) &amp;mdash; will officially announce an Armenian Battalion in two days on the anniversary of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire.

This battalion is to consists of 50 fighters but already has started to grow rapidly.
The SDF is an alliance in the Syrian Civil War comprised primarily of Kurdish, Arab, and Assyrian/Syriac militias, led by the People&rsquo;s Protection Units (YPG), a mostly Kurdish militia.
The SDF has focused primarily on Islamic State terrorist group successfully driving them from important strategic areas in northern Syria, such as Kobani, Al-Hawl, Shaddadi, Tishrin Dam, Manbij, al-Tabqah, Tabqa Dam, Baath Dam, and IS&rsquo;s former capital of Raqqa.
In March 2019 the SDF announced the total defeat of IS in Syria with the SDF taking control of the opponent&rsquo;s stronghold in Baghuz.
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