Kurdish-Led Alliance: Group and Arab

kurdish-led alliance: The SDF was predominantly Kurdish but over the past months, more Arabs have been recruited by the group ahead of the battle for Raqqa which has a predominantly Arab population, according to Metro News. Here's a look at the group WHAT IS THE SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES A Kurdish-led alliance that includes Arab tribesmen and Christian fighters. The group has been the most effective and trusted force by the United States to battle IS in the northern and eastern parts of Syria. The group which was founded in October 2015 has tens of thousands of fighters almost equally divided between Arabs and Kurds, according to Brig. Hussam al-Awwak, an Arab who heads public relations at SDF. Cihan Sheikh Ehmed, an SDF spokeswoman, said the coalition has between 50,000 and 54,000 fighters, and more than half of them are Arabs. Gen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.