Hussam Awak announced his resignation from the SDF and Syrian Democratic Council on his Facebook page on 20 December 2017 without providing any reasons.[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussam_AwakThe brigadier al-"Awak" had announced his defect from the army of the Syrian regime, and his joining the Free Syrian Army in 2011, and then split from the Free Syrian Army in 2016 to join the militias, "Syria's Democracy," which includes several components, including Arabs, but the Kurdish protection militias (YPG) are the most dominant component.
https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/4847
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussam_AwakThe brigadier al-"Awak" had announced his defect from the army of the Syrian regime, and his joining the Free Syrian Army in 2011, and then split from the Free Syrian Army in 2016 to join the militias, "Syria's Democracy," which includes several components, including Arabs, but the Kurdish protection militias (YPG) are the most dominant component.
https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/4847