Jabhat al-Akrad

Dschabhat al - Akrad, also Jabhat al - Akrad (Arabic لواء جبهة الأكراد Liwā ʾ Dschabhat al - Akrad, German Brigade of the front of the Kurds, Kurdish Eniya Kurdan ) is a predominantly Kurdish rebel group in Syria and fighting in the Syrian civil war against, among other organizations the Assad regime and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ). The group was founded as part of the Free Syrian Army. After skirmishes with ISIL in August 2013, however, al - Akrad was due to its alleged closeness to the Democratic Union Party (PYD ) are excluded from the FSA. The group itself denied any links with the PYD. According to the company, the group includes up to 7,000 fighters. The group is considered to be largely liberal and is active mainly in northern Syria.

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