Meet America’s Syrian Allies Who Helped Defeat ISIS

Meet America’s Syrian Allies Who Helped Defeat ISIS
"With Daesh, we always kept one bullet or one grenade for ourselves,
and fought to the last breath." Mr. Ahmed, a Kurd and a brigade commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces, has been fighting alongside the Americans since 2014.
The Islamic State, he said, "was every bad thing in the world." Mr. Maserli, an Arab who has been fighting since 2012, had trouble remembering all the many places he fought along with American soldiers,
but his boss counted nine, including Manbij, his hometown.
Orhan Qamislo was a Kurdish fighter for the People’s Protection Forces, who helped the Americans defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIS
and Daesh, in Manbij, which is both a city and a district in this region of Syria.
American said that In the beginning they were just like advisers and didn’t go with us to the front line, but later they joined us there, too,
17, 2018
MANBIJ, Syria — The large section of northeastern Syria once occupied by the Islamic State is now a rare safe area
in the war-ravaged country, thanks to an American-backed coalition known as the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Ms. Anas fought alongside the American military in Manbij, Shadade and Al Haul, and last year in Raqqa and Deir al-Zour.
We used to sleep in the same places, eat the same food." Mr. Kobani, a Kurd, is one of four senior deputies to the top S.D.F.