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title: "US Tells Kurdish Forces To De-escalate Fighting with Arabs"
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[Kurdish led forces end “military operations” in the East](https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/09/06/kurdish-forces-end-operations-syria/#google_vignette)

> **US-backed (PKK) Kurdish-led forces in Syria** declared the “end of military operations” in the country’s east Wednesday after days of clashes with Arab fighters **left dozens dead.**
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> Military operations in Dhiban have ended,” SDF spokesman **Farhad Shami** told *AFP*.
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> `The violence started when the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detained Arab chief <strong>Ahmad al-Khabil</strong>, `who headed the affiliated Deir Ezzor Military Council, on August 27.“
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> The [clashes had rocked Kurdish-controlled areas of Deir Ezzor](https://www.thedefensepost.com/2018/07/05/syria-explosion-deir-ezzor-2-us-coalition-vehicles-damaged/) province, killing 90 people, mostly fighters but also nine civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. **`The SDF has denied any dispute with Arab tribes in the region, `**saying the clashes have mostly involved “elements of the regime and some beneficiaries” of Khabil, whom they accuse of drug trafficking, mismanagement and communicating with Damascus.

**So, if there is no dispute why did the SDF/PKK detain the Arab chief**– **Read below- this is a long standing issue!**

> `<strong>Kurdish authorities control areas in <a href="https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/06/20/turkish-drone-strike-syria-2/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">north and northeast Syria</a> through local civilian and military councils <span style="text-decoration: underline;">in an effort to stave off Arab discontent.</span></strong>`

**US Officials met with their proxies and told them to de escalate- And the proxies followed their orders**

> **The US embassy to Syria, which is based outside the country, had said on Sunday that senior US officials had met with Kurdish-led forces and community leaders in eastern Syria to discuss the need for de-escalation.**