Syrian Democratic Council

Syrian Democratic Council ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ Meclîsa Sûriya Demokratîk مجلس سوريا الديمقراطية

Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Co-Chair	Riad Darar, Independent since 25 February 2017
Co-Chair	Amina Omar since 16 July 2018
Structure
Seats	43

Political groups	Democratic Nation List (7) TEV-DEM (3) PYD (3) SUP (3) ADP (1) Opposition (36) HNKS (4) TWDS (4) QMH (3) CDR (2) ENKS (2) STM (1) Ba'ath (1) Independents (19)
Meeting place
Al-Malikiyah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Website
Official English Website

Politics of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria


Symbols Assyrian flag Flag of Kurdistan Flag of Syria
Constitution Libertarian socialism Human rights
Legislature and Government Syrian Democratic Council Executive Council
Elections March 2015 (Local) September 2017 (Local) December 2017 (Regional) August 2024 (Local)
Political parties Democratic Union Party (PYD) Syriac Union Party (SUP) Law–Citizenship–Rights Movement (QMH) Syrian National Democratic Alliance (SNDA) Honor and Rights Convention (HRC) Kongreya 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 Ba'athist Syria Free Syrian Army Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict Kurdish nationalism Iraqi Kurdistan
Other countries

The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) is the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The SDC's stated mission is working towards the implementation of a "Pluralistic, democratic and decentralized system for all of Syria".

In 2024, AANES delayed local elections in northeast Syria, amid military threats from Turkish sponsored rebels and a pushback from some local political parties which accused the proposed elections of not being fair.