Global InformationKurdish Front information
| Kurdish Front | |
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| جبهة الأكراد Jabhat al-Akrad | |
 Logo of Jabhat al-Akrad since August 2016[1][2][3] | |
| Leaders |
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| Dates of operation | 22 January 2013 – present |
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| Active regions |
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| Ideology | Pluralist democracy[6] Kurdish interests[6] Democratic socialism Federalism Factions: Democratic confederalism Communalism |
| Size | <3,000 |
| Part of |
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| Allies |  People's Protection Units[17] Northern Democratic Brigade Shahba Forces Levant Front (2014–15, known as al-Tawhid Brigade until December 2014)[18] Al-Nusra Front (until 2014) |
| Opponents |  Islamic State[19] Al-Nusra Front Syria Turkey Syrian National Army (since 2017) Saladin Ayubi Brigade (2013) |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
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| Website | http://jabhetakrad.com/ |
The Kurdish Front (Arabic: جبهة الأكراد, transliterated: Jabhat al-Akrad; Kurdish: Eniya Kurdan, former full name: لواء جبهة الأكراد لنصرة شعبنا السوري Liwa' Jabhat al-'Akrād an-Nuṣrah Shaʿbnā al-Sūrī, "Brigade of the Kurdish Front to Support Our Syrian People") is a predominantly Kurdish Syrian rebel faction participating in the Syrian Civil War.
The Kurdish Front operates in Kurdish and ethnically-mixed areas in northern Syria, such as the Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyeh districts of Aleppo city, Afrin Canton, the Shahba region, and the northern Raqqa Governorate.[21] It also fought as part of Fatah Halab in the Bustan al-Pasha, Haidariya, and Handarat districts of Aleppo city[18] until November 2015, when Fatah Halab declared war on the Army of Revolutionaries.[22]
- ^ "تعازينا لأهلنا في الريف الشمالي والنظام المجرم سوف يحاسب على جرائمه". Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "بيان إلى الرأي العام". Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ a b "بيان إلى الرأي العام". Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Alaa Ajabu". Violations Documentation Center in Syria. 17 February 2014.
- ^ Civiroglu, Mutlu (11 August 2013). "Kurdish Commander: Jihadi Groups in Syria Have Hijacked FSA". Rudaw English. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ a b c Bahoz Deniz (20 April 2014). "Interview with Syrian Kurdish Jabhat al-Akrad Commander". Firat News Agency.
- ^ "The formation of the rebel army". Hawar News Agency. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Kurds Front to Shahba residents: be patient, we are coming". Hawar News Agency. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "The second course of the Kurdish Front finished". Hawar News Agency. 27 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ ""Turkey not a friend of any people, not even its own people"". Firat News Agency. 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b "The announcement of the formation of the first military regiment in Shahba". Hawar News Agency. 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Mohammed Abu Adel in brief". Hawar News Agency. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "تشكيل أول كتيبة عسكرية لنساء مناطق الشهباء" (in Arabic). Hawar News Agency. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ ypj mediacenter (12 August 2016). "عفرين- اختتام دورة عسكرية لنساء مناطق الشهباء (كتيبة الشهيدة جيان احرص)". Retrieved 1 September 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Kurds Front: we will resist to the last gasp". Hawar News Agency. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Wladimir van Wilgenburg (16 August 2013). "FSA Removes Jabhat al-Akrad From Council". Transnational Middle-East Observer.
- ^ van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (27 March 2014). "Syrian Kurds, rebels find common enemy in ISIS". Al Monitor. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ a b "The Kurdish Front: We are fighting the Syrian regime and ISIS and have received support". Arabi 21. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Rebels demand help as fighting rages against ISIS in Ghouta". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Sheikho, Youssef (28 May 2013). "Syria: Border Clashes Pit FSA Against Kurds". Al-Akhbar. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ Genevieve Casagrande (22 November 2016). "THE ROAD TO AR-RAQQAH: BACKGROUND ON THE SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War.
- ^ "Free Syrian Brigade declares Sheikh Maqsud a military zone". Enab Baladi. 29 November 2015.