The move is being made due to the expected decrease in the overall population as well as the chronic manpower shortage the SDF has faced for years amid recruiting shortfalls ... of the three SDF branches.
The SDF had not issued any official comment on the incident by the time this report was prepared, and the charges against the detainee and the conditions of his detention remained unclear ... by the SDF.
“There were loud bangs, but that’s something we’re used to, so I couldn’t tell which one was the explosion,” she said, adding that she felt deeply sorry for the SDF personnel involved.
According to a source close to the SDF who spoke to Syria TV, the SDF-affiliated Asayish security forces have started removing checkpoints at the entrances of the cities of al-Hasakah and Qamishli and along the main M4 highway in northeastern Syria.
Ahmed told Hawar news agency, which is close to the SDF, that the meeting focused mainly on the challenges facing the implementation of previous understandings.
Ahmed al-Hilali, spokesperson for the presidential delegation overseeing implementation of the January agreement between the Syrian government and the SyrianDemocratic Forces (SDF), said the ...
The move follows a wave of criticism that the performance could compromise the SDF’s mandated political neutrality ... The controversy began on April 12, when a member of the Ground SDF sang the "Kimigayo" in uniform at the LDP's annual convention.
Kihara, a former defense minister, added that he believed "a different decision might have been made" had the ministry's senior leadership, including political appointees and career bureaucrats, been informed of the situation ....
Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition Democratic Party for the People, was also critical, saying at a press conference that the LDP "should have refrained from conduct that could raise doubts about the political neutrality of the SDF.".