Afrin Liberation Forces

Afrin Liberation Forces
Afrin Liberation Forces
Hêzên Rizgariya Efrînê
	Emblem of the HRE
Dates of operation	2018–present
Split from	People's Protection Units (presumably)
Country	Syria
Motives	Kurdish nationalism ; Separatism ; Minority rights ; Anti-imperialism ; Anti-Turkish sentiment
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate
Size	Several thousand
Allies	Syrian Democratic Forces;
Opponents	Turkish Armed Forces; Syrian transitional government (sometimes); Syrian National Army (until 2025);
Wars	Syrian civil war Afrin insurgency; 2019 Tell Rifaat clashes; ; Post-Assad Syrian Conflict SDF–Syrian Transitional Government clashes (2025–present) Aleppo clashes (2025–2026); ; ;

The Afrin Liberation Forces (ALF) (Kurdish: Hêzên Rizgariya Efrînê, HRE), also known as Tahrir Afrin Forces is a Kurdish insurgent group, which was founded in the aftermath of Operation Olive Branch and the subsequent fall of Afrin to the Syrian National Army (SNA) and Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). The group is mainly located in the Aleppo Governorate of Syria, where it imposes guerilla tactics such as infiltrations, roadside bombs, booby-traps, and assassinations on positions and members of the SNA, TAF and other groups affiliated with the Turkish occupation of northern Syria.