The military sources close to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have informed the ‘Inside Syria Media Centre’ that SDF-Kurds will join the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as “Northern Syria Protection units” after the establishment of the federal system in Syria.
A Rojava official and the Joint Chief of Defence in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), Rezan Gilo said over the weekend that the Kurdish-led SDF have no problem in joining the Syrian Army if a federal state is awarded in northern Syria (Kurdish autonomous territories as part of the federal Syria). They are now in process of considering the possibility of joining the SAA.
“There is no problem for our forces to join the Syrian Army, if a new Syrian Constitution is drafted on a federal basis and the rights of all the Syrian components are reserved,” stated Gilo.
Analysts believe if the SDF ever join the National Army, it would be under American supervision and guidance. Anyway, unification of SDF and SAA may also become another link in the chain of the US’ blunders and failures of strategic planning.
Riad Darar of the Syrian Democratic Council, too, confirmed the news. Gilo is of the opinion that if Syria remains united, there would be no need to have a separate force because they would join the Syrian Army.
To prevent the spreading of rumours online that a new Army has been created with the US supervision, the US is now allegedly in the process of forming a regular Army, instead of the SDF, and will actually begin distributing military ranks soon among their chosen officers under American supervision.
Recent events indicate that the Syrian Kurds have started to realise the hopelessness of co-operation with the American side. Apparently, ‘the Kurdish card’ of Washington is bursting at the seams. Despite the fact that the US plans to extend its presence in the region, the White House’s intention will not clearly be directed to help the Kurds and the latter are clearly aware of this.
As a matter of fact, the unification of the Kurdish forces with the government troops of Bashar al-Assad will probably be the best way to solve the Kurdish problem. The federalisation will not only legitimise the rights of the Kurds, but can also push the people of Syria to unite under the banners of government forces, whose reputation and rating are only gaining momentum day by day. The top secret of the deal between the SDF and the SAA is that it will help expel the US and its allies from the Syrian political arena and complete this so protracted confrontation.

The Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) – most commonly known as Rojava – is a de facto autonomous region originating in and consisting of three self-governing cantons in northern Syria, namely Afrin Canton, Jazira Canton and Kobanî Canton, as well as adjacent areas of northern Syria, like Shahba region. The region gained its de facto autonomy in 2012 as part of the ongoing Rojava conflict and the wider Civil War in Syria establishing and gradually expanding an officially secular policy based on the contemporary Western democratic confederalist principles of democratic socialism, gender equality and ecological sustainability.
Northern Syria is poly-ethnic and home to sizeable ethnic Kurdish, Arab, Syriac-Assyrian and Turkmen populations, with smaller communities of ethnic Armenians, Circassians, and Chechens. This diversity is mirrored in its Constitution, society and politics. Despite such diversity, Rojava is regarded by Kurdish nationalists as Western Kurdistan – one of the four parts of Great Kurdistan. It is also considered by Assyrians as Gozarto (meaning Upper Mesopotamia), a part of the historical Syriac-Assyrian homeland.
While entertaining some foreign relations, the cantons within Rojava are not officially recognised as autonomous by the government of Syria or any international state or organisation. For their part, supporters of its Constitution consider their system as a model for a federalised Syria as a whole, rather than independence.

Boundless Ocean of Politics has received this article from Sophie Mangal, the special investigative correspondent, Inside Syria Media Centre.

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