In the video, the Syriac Military Council can be seen preparing themselves for a potential attack by the
The Syriac Military Council is considered one of the SDF’s closest allies in northeastern Syria, as they have fought alongside them throughout their campaign against 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) in the al-Hasakah and al-Raqqa governorates.
Syria’s Assyrian population lives predominately in the al-Hasakah Governorate, with the highest concentration of them living in the Khabour region and al-Qamishli District.
While not allied with the Syrian government, the SMC has not clashed with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) or their allies, despite being close to their lines in al-Qamishli and other parts of al-Hasakah.
The primary opponents of the SMC are currently the Islamic State and the