Hundreds of locals from the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli have joined Syrian government forces, the country’s media reports. According to pro-government sources, the newly formed units will be incorporated into the Syrian Arab Army.
It’s interesting that locals from the cities, which are formally located within the area controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), are actively joining government forces even now when the relations between the SDF and Damascus are especially complicated.
The tensions between the Kurdish-dominated US-backed SDF and the local Arab population in northern Syria are one of the reasons why reports about the popular resistance to the US occupation in the area spread so fast.
