On 10 April 2017, a purported spokesman for the Elite Forces claimed that the group was not part of the SDF, would cooperate with both the SDF and Rojava Peshmerga to capture Deir ez-Zor, and rejected federalism. On 10 April 2017, a purported spokesman for the Elite Forces claimed that the group was not part of the SDF, would cooperate with both the SDF and Rojava Peshmerga to capture Deir ez-Zor, and rejected federalism. On 10 April 2017, a purported spokesman for the Elite Forces claimed that the group was not part of the SDF, would cooperate with both the SDF and Rojava Peshmerga to capture Deir ez-Zor, and rejected federalism. Musi wa 15 Kubvumbi, chirevo ichi chakarambwa naMuhammad Khalid Shakir, mutauriri wepamutemo weElite Forces. Akaramba kusawirirana kupi nokupi pakati peElite Forces neSDF uye akati "Tiri muchirongwa chemubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda. Utungamiriri hwesangano hunotarisira mabasa ari pasi. Mauto edu haana kubva. Takapedza chikamu chechitatu cheOperation Wrath of Euphrates, uye tichabatanidzwa mumatanho ose kusvikira Raqqa naDeir ez-Zor vasunungurwa". Apo Hondo yeRaqqa (2017)
Yakanga ichiri kuenderera mberi, maElite Forces akasiya zviri pamutemo SDF, kunyangwe zvikamu zveboka zvakaramba zvichishanda pamwe neSDF.