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Syrian Democratic Council Template:Rtl-lang Template:Rtl-lang Template:Rtl-lang
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Co-Leader of the National Council	Riad Darar, Independent since 25 February 2017
Co-Leader of the National Council	Îlham Ehmed, TEV-DEM since 12 December 2015
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Government parties (25)   PYD 8   TWDS 4   QMH 3   HRC 2   ENKS 2   Other 6 Other parliamentary parties (18)   HNKS 3   SUP 3   KDCK 2   ADP 1   SDS 1   Other 8
Elections
Voting system	Direct democracy Hagenbach-Bischoff system
Last election	December 10, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-10)
Meeting place
Al-Malikiyah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Website
http://m-syria-d.com

Politics of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Symbols Symbols of Rojava
Constitution Libertarian socialism Human rights
Legislature and Government Syrian Democratic Council Executive Council
Elections March 2015 (Local) September 2017 (Local) December 2017 (Regional)
Political parties Democratic Union Party (PYD) Syriac Union Party (SUP) Wheat Wave Movement (QMH) Syrian National Democratic Alliance (SNDA) Honor and Rights Convention (HRC) Yekîtiya Star (YS) Arab National Coalition (ANC) Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDP-S) Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party (PDKS 1970) Kurdish Democratic Unity Party (PYDKS or Yek-Dem) Syrian Democratic Society (SDS) Democratic Modernity Party (DM) Democratic Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party (PB-ASD) Left Party of Syrian Kurds (LPSK) Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party (PDPKS) Assyrian Democratic Party (ADP) Syrian Kurds' Democratic Peace Party (PADKS) Democratic Transformation Party (DT) Kurdistan Liberal Union Party (PYLK) Kurdish Democratic Accord Party (Wifaq) Syrian Reform Movement (Islah) Yazidi House (Êzîdî) Syriac National Council (SNC) Patriotic Initiative (PI)
Party alliances Democratic Nation List (LND)/Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) Kurdish National Alliance in Syria (HNKS) Assembly for Democracy and the Left (KDCK) Kurdish National Council (ENKS) Syria's Tomorrow Movement (TM)
Administrative regions Jazira Region Euphrates Region Afrin Region
Foreign relations Relations with the Syrian government YPG-FSA Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict Rojava conflict Kurdish nationalism Iraqi Kurdistan
Other countries
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The Syrian Democratic Council (Template:Lang-ar MSD, Template:Lang-syc, Template:Lang-ku) is the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the de facto autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. Both organisations work towards the implementation of a secular, democratic and federalist system for all of Syria.

Establishment and history

2015

The Syrian Democratic Council was established on 10 December 2015 in Al-Malikiyah. Prominent human rights activist Haytham Manna was co-chairman at its founding.

The Assembly that established the Syrian Democratic Council was made up of 13 members from specific ethnic, economic and political backgrounds.

2016

On 1 August 2016 the Syrian Democratic Council opened a public office in Hasakah.

On 11 September 2016 the Syria's Tomorrow Movement signed a cooperation agreement with the Syrian Democratic Council and the associated de facto autonomous administration of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.

In late September and early October 2016 a forum for the Syrian Democratic Council was held in the town of Rmelan, in the northeastern Hasakah Governorate. Those that attended the conference included a representative from Jableh, in the western Latakia Governorate.

2017

On 13 January 2017, a youth constituent assembly was established in Qamishli.

On 25 February 2017, the Assyrian Democratic Party agreed to join the Syrian Democratic Council, and the YPG agreed to hand over security in the Assyrian towns along the Khabur River to the Khabour Guards and Nattoreh which joined the Syrian Democratic Forces. On 13 April, PYD forces officially handed over the Khabur valley's villages to the Khabour Guards and Nattoreh, though the YPG kept a military base near Tell Tamer. On the same day, the second conference of the SDC took place in al-Malikiyah and Riad Darar was elected as the co-president of the SDC, replacing Haytham Manna, alongside Îlham Ehmed, who was re-elected.

On 28 May 2017, a female branch of the Syrian Democratic Assembly was established in Al-Shaddadah.

2018

On 16 July 2018, the Third Conference of SDC held under the slogan "Towards a Political Solution and Building a Decentralized Democratic Syria" in Al-Tabqa city, where the delegates elected Amina Omar, replacing Îlham Ehmed, who was elected chairman of Executive Council, and re-elected Riad Darar as co-chairs of SDC.

Involvement in negotiations on Syria

The Syrian Democratic Council was invited to participate in the international Geneva III peace talks on Syria in March 2016. However, it rejected the invitations because no representatives of the Movement for a Democratic Society, led by the Democratic Union Party, were invited.

Effective 31 January 2018, the SDC is registered in the US as a "foreign political party" under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Members of the General Federal Assembly

Members of the Federal Executive Council

References

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6. "Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria creates political wing". Ekurd Daily. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
7. "Inauguration of the 1st MSD office". Hawar News Agency. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
8. "Agreement for the future of Syria". ANF. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
9. "Jableh representative in Rmaylan forum: Federation guarantees Syrian unity". Hawar News Agency. 1 October 2016.
10. "Announcing the formation of a constituent assembly to build youth system in northern Syria". Hawar News Agency. 13 January 2017.
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12. CristiansOrient 🎗 (2 March 2017). "Milicians cristians dels Guàrdies del Khabour, Forces Democràtiques de #Síria" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 April 2017 – via Twitter.
13. ADP Facebook
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17. "Amina Omar ,Ryad Derrar elected as co-chairs of MSD".
18. "مجلس سوريا الديمقراطية ينهي أعمال مؤتمره بإصدار البيان الختامي - ANHA" (in Arabic).
19. "Head of Opposition Syrian Democratic Council to Skip Peace Talks in Geneva". Sputnik International. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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22. Khurshid, Ahmed. "مجلس سورية الديمقراطي" [Syria Democratic Council] (in Arabic). Syrian Establishment for Studies and Research of public opinion. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

• 2015 establishments in Syria
• 2015 in Rojava
• 2015 in the Syrian Civil War
• Organizations of the Syrian Civil War
• Political party alliances in Syria
• Politics of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
• Syrian democracy movements
• Syrian Democratic Forces