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Asayish (internal security forces)

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Asayish (internal security forces)

INTERIOR FORCES

SDF & Kurdish-led structuresActive
Assessed as of
2026-05
Confidence
moderate
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.

In brief

The Autonomous Administration's internal security force — police, checkpoints and detention responsibilities across the northeast for a decade, including guard roles in the ISIS detention system. Entering Interior Ministry structures under the January 2026 agreement. Structural description only.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination confirmed
Record state
Stub

About this record

Stub — a structured placeholder meeting the public-stub threshold: name, place in the force tree, broad role, and a dated status. A full profile follows source review.

Related organisations

  • Internal security & General Security Service Institutionally linked to · as of 2026-07 · moderate confidence

    Internal-security integration into the Interior Ministry is one of the civilian files left open by the January 2026 agreement. Interior-ministry units deployed into the north-eastern cities from February 2026 with Kurdish policing reported as continuing until a merger is completed, so the relationship is a transition in progress rather than a settled one.

Lineage & institutional history

Formed 2012–2013

Related locations

Al-Hol camp area: Camp-security responsibilities described at structural level only.

Campaigns

Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.

  • The anti-ISIS campaign and the residual insurgency Supporting force · Since September 2014 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-07

    Custody and internal security across the detention and camp system, which is the campaign's standing commitment rather than an operational role.

  • Northeast integration Affected party · Since March 2025 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-07

    Internal-security integration into the Interior Ministry is one of the unresolved civilian files, with Kurdish policing reported as continuing until a merger is completed.

Confidence: ModerateMethodologyCorrections

Assessed as of2026-05

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Related structure

3 records that this organisation names, or that name it. Every one is an explicit reference in a published record — nothing here is inferred from subject matter.

Commanded or sponsored by

Actor records that name this organisation.

Participates in

Campaigns whose participant list names this organisation.