▁we ▁will ▁have ▁good ▁relations ▁with ." ▁A ▁f ighter ▁gave ▁his ▁perspective ▁as ▁" we ▁have ▁Arab s , ▁Kur ds , ▁nobody ▁knows ▁how ▁many ▁exactly , ▁we ▁all ▁work ▁under ▁the ▁S DF - for ces ". ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁during ▁the ▁Turkish ▁military ▁inter vention ▁in ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁Civil ▁War , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁small ▁S DF ▁component ▁group ▁Li wa ▁al - T ah rir , ▁Abd ul ▁Kar im ▁O be id , ▁defect ed ▁to ▁the ▁camp ▁of ▁Turkish - back ed ▁reb els ▁with ▁ 2 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 ▁of ▁his ▁men , ▁cit ing ▁opposition ▁to ▁reported ▁Y PG ▁dom ination ▁of ▁the ▁S DF , ▁while ▁S DF ▁sources ▁suggested ▁he ▁was ▁dis ple ased ▁with ▁the ▁civil ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁Aut onom ous ▁Administration ▁of ▁North ▁and ▁East ▁Sy ria ▁replacing ▁war l ord ist ▁political ▁rule ▁in ▁the ▁Free ▁Sy rian ▁Army ▁style . ▁The ▁remaining ▁f igh ters ▁stayed ▁with ▁the ▁S DF . ▁ ▁Also , ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁during ▁the ▁Turkish ▁military ▁inter vention , ▁some ▁Arab ▁sources ▁reported ▁that ▁Li wa ▁A hr ar ▁al - R a qq a ▁cl ashed ▁with ▁the ▁Y PG , ▁however ▁two ▁days ▁later ▁the ▁Li wa ▁A hr ar ▁al - R a qq a ' s ▁commander ▁said ▁that ▁news ▁about ▁the ▁cl ash es ▁and ▁defe ctions ▁were ▁false , ▁he ▁denied