Manbij Military Council
The Manbij Military Council (MMC) is a coalition established by several groups in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), primarily the Northern Sun Battalion, on 2 April 2016 at the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates. The MMC led the SDF's Manbij offensive from June 2016 that led to the capture of the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant two months later. Most fighters in the MMC are from Manbij and the surrounding areas.
Manbij Military Council
- Adnan Abdul Aziz Ahmed † ("Adnan Abu Amjad", 2016–17)
- Muhammad Mustafa Ali ("Abu Adel", since 2017)[1][2]
Shervan Derwish
- Faisal Abdi Bilal Saadoun (DOW) ("Abu Layla", 2016)
- Dilsuz Hashme[3]
- Ibrahim Semho (Euphrates Liberation Brigade)[3]
- Abu Jassim
- Abu Khalaf
- Ahmad Arsh[4] (Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion)
- Ibrahim al-Banawi
2 April 2016 – present
- Northern Sun Battalion
- Euphrates Brigades
- Soldiers of the Two Holy Mosques Brigade
- Euphrates Martyrs Brigade
- Dam Martyrs Brigade
- Al-Qusais Brigade
- Manbij Turkmen Battalion
- Euphrates Liberation Brigade[5]
- Manbij Hawks Brigade[6]
- Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion[4]
- Martyr Adnan Abu Amjad Regiment
- Martyr Abdo Dushka Regiment
Tishrin Dam (pre-offensive)
Manbij (post-offensive)
Aleppo, Raqqa, Hasaka, and Deir ez-Zor governorates, Syria
5,000–6,000 (2018)[7]
Syrian Democratic Forces (unofficially)[8][9][10]
Islamic State
Syrian National Army Turkey (denied by MMC)[10]