PYD, Assad's proxy in war against FSA

 Asayesh militia, the security forces of PYD (democratic union party) killed 20 of the Free Syrian Army, FSA, during the fierce clashes in the Kurdish villages north Syria, according to the party website.

  The Kurdish party that well-known by supporting Assad's regime has accused of fighting anti-Assad whether they are Kurds or Arabs.

 The Kurdish party is a member of the National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change. Although it is critical of the Assad government, the PYD has been accused by the Syrian opposition of collaboration with the Ba'athist regime, acting as enforcers for Assad in Kurdish areas, silencing critics such as Mashaal Tammo.

 Certain Kurdish opposition figures have even claimed that the Syrian Army has handed over control of certain parts of northeastern Syria to the PYD, leading to disputes and clashes between the PYD, the KNC, and the Syrian National Council. The PYD has accused the SNC as acting as Turkey's henchmen, and due to a long running dispute between the PKK and the KDP, it is also at odds with the KDP supported Kurdish National Council.

The PYD is a Syrian Kurdish political party established in 2003 by Kurdish nationalists in northern Syria. The party is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO.