{"id":145721,"date":"2026-06-04T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/145721\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:48:15","slug":"syrias-qamishli-protest-calls-for-release-of-detained-sdf-fighters-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/145721\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria\u2019s Qamishli protest calls for release of detained SDF fighters &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-06-04T18:30:10+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Qamishli<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of relatives of<br \/>\ndetained fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) gathered<br \/>\nin northeastern Syria on Thursday, urging authorities in Damascus to release<br \/>\ntheir family members and disclose the fate of those still unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment officials talk<br \/>\nabout releasing all prisoners, yet dozens of our sons remain missing or are<br \/>\nstill being held in Syrian prisons, according to fighters who have been<br \/>\nreleased,\u201d Khawla Sheikho, whose brother has been detained since the beginning of<br \/>\nthe year, told Shafaq News during the demonstration in Qamishli.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780597091753.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Syrian authorities<br \/>\nfreed 28 female SDF fighters under the Jan. 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Syrian-forces-to-deploy-in-Hasakah-Qamishli-under-SDF-Damascus-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">agreement<\/a> between Damascus and<br \/>\nthe SDF, bringing the total number released under the arrangement to more than<br \/>\n1,200, stated Ahmed Al-Hilali, spokesperson for the presidential team<br \/>\noverseeing the integration process.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilali affirmed that the<br \/>\ngovernment remains committed to resolving the detainee file and facilitating<br \/>\nthe return of displaced residents, noting that some cases remain pending<br \/>\nbecause they involve separate legal proceedings unrelated to SDF affiliation<br \/>\nand are being handled through the courts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780597112482.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Families staged a <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Families-of-detained-SDF-fighters-rally-for-release-in-northeast-Syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">similar<\/a><br \/>\ndemonstration in May, accusing Damascus of moving too slowly despite ongoing<br \/>\ncoordination with the SDF. At the time, a Syrian government source told Shafaq<br \/>\nNews that efforts were underway to complete the remaining releases before Eid Al-Adha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-06-04T18:30:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Qamishli Dozens of relatives of detained fighters from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[152,670,47407,2916,8690,2667,95,47406],"class_list":["post-145721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-breaking","tag-damascus","tag-fighters-release","tag-protest","tag-qamishli","tag-sdf","tag-syria","tag-syrias-qamishli-protest-calls-for-release-of-detained-sdf-fighters"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116693336409502203","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}