A crisis followed the sudden announcement of the withdrawal of US troops from the border between Turkey and North and East Syria. Through October and November of 2019, officials of the Syrian Democratic Council engaged in an intense series of meetings and negotiations in order to influence US policy toward North and East Syria.

Photo (left to right): US Senator Marsha Blackburn; US Senator Chris Van Hollen; translator and supporter Ahed Al-Hendi; Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council; US Senator Jeanne Shaheen; US Senator Lindsey Graham; US Senator Richard Blumenthal; Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council.


Photo (left to right): Ms. Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council; US Senator James Risch; Ms. Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council.

Photo (left to right): Ms. Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council; Ms. Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council; Ms. Elezabeth Gawrie, Deputy to Head of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

Photo (left to right): Travis Weber, Family Research Council; Mr. Bassam Saker, US Representative, Syrian Democratic Council; translator and supporter Ahed Al-Hendi; Ms. Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council; Ms. Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council; Lt Gen Jerry Boykin, Family Research Council; Ms. Elezabeth Gawrie, Deputy to Head, Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).

Photo (left to right): Ms. Elezabeth Gawrie, Deputy to Head of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES); Ms. Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council; US Representative Jim McGovern; Ms. Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council; Mr. Bassam Saker, US Representative, Syrian Democratic Council.






Photo (left to right): Ms. Ilham Ahmed, President of the Executive Committee of the Syrian Democratic Council; Ms. Sinam Sherkany Mohamad, Co-Chief, US Mission of the Syrian Democratic Council.