Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa10 Kubvumbi 2017, mumwe anonzi mutauriri weElite Forces akataura kuti boka iri rakanga risiri chikamu cheSDF, raizoshanda pamwe neSDF neRojava Peshmerga kutora Deir ez-Zor, uye vakaramba 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". Nepo
Hondo yeRaqqa (2017) yakanga ichiri kuenderera mberi, maElite Forces akasiya zviri pamutemo SDF, kunyangwe zvikamu zveboka zvakaramba zvichishanda pamwe neSDF.