Syrian Democratic Forces military councils

Manbij Military Council
المجلس العسكري منبج Participant in Syrian Civil War
Flag of the Manbij Military Council
Active	2 April 2016 – present
Groups	Army of Revolutionaries Northern Sun Battalion Euphrates Brigades Jund al-Haramayn Brigade Euphrates Martyrs Battalion Al-Qousi Brigade Manbij Turkmen Brigade Seljuq Brigade Euphrates Liberation Brigade Manbij Hawks Brigade
Leaders	Adnan Abu-Amjad (military council top commander) Ibrahim al-Bannawi Abu Layla (DOW) Abu Jassim Abu Khalaf Abu Adel
Headquarters	Tishrin Dam (pre-offensive) Manbij (post-offensive)
Area of operations	Manbij District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Battles and wars	Manbij offensive (2016) Jarabulus offensive (2016) Battle of al-Bab (2016)

Al-Bab Military Council
المجلس العسكري الباب Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active	14 August 2016 – present
Groups	Al-Bab Revolutionary Front Qebasin Martyrs Brigade Army of Revolutionaries Seljuq Brigade Al-Bab Countryside Martyrs Battalion Free Arima Battalion Martyr Silo al-Rai Brigade Kieba Martyrs Brigade Female Battalion (al-Bab Military Council)
Headquarters	Manbij
Area of operations	Al-Bab District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Battles and wars	Western al-Bab offensive (2016) Western al-Bab offensive (October 2016) Battle of al-Bab (2016)

Jarabulus Military Council
المجلس العسكري جرابلس Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Flag of the Jarablus Military Council
Active	August 2016 – present
Groups	Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades Free Jarabulus Brigade Jarabulus Hawks Brigades Manbij Revolutionary Brigades
Leaders	Abdel Sattar al-Jader † Col. Ali Hijo Massoud Allo Muhammad Ahmed Ahmed al-Jader
Headquarters	Manbij
Area of operations	Manbij District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Battles and wars	Manbij offensive Jarabulus offensive (2016)

Deir Ezzor Military Council
المجلس العسكري دير الزور Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Active	8 December 2016 – present
Leaders	Abu Khawla al-Dairy
Area of operations	Raqqa Governorate Hasakah Governorate Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Battles and wars	Raqqa offensive (2016–present)

Throughout 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces have established four separate military councils (three in the Shahba region) in order to facilitate and conduct military operations. As of December 2016, the four military councils are the Manbij Military Council, the al-Bab Military Council, the Jarabulus Military Council, and (outside the Shahba) the Deir Ezzor Military Council.

The Manbij Military Council is a coalition established by seven components of the SDF group Army of Revolutionaries on 2 April 2016 at the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates. The military council aims to capture the city of Manbij across the river and many of the council members are local fighters from the surrounding areas.

The Manbij offensive has included the Manbij Military Council, the US Special Operations Forces, and minimal YPG and YPJ involvement assisted by coalition airstrikes. The fighters are mostly Arabs. During the offensive, an SDF fighter gave his perspective as "we have Arabs, Kurds, nobody knows how many exactly, we all work under the SDF-forces".

On 5 April, a civilian council was formed in the town of Sarin by individuals originally from Manbij who had fled when Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took over. The council consists of Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, and Circassians, and was created to administer Manbij after its capture.