Asayish (internal security forces)
The Autonomous Administration's internal security force — police, checkpoints and detention responsibilities across the northeast for a decade, including guard roles in the ISIS detention system. Entering Interior Ministry structures under the January 2026 agreement. Structural description only.
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Related organisations
- Internal security & General Security Service Institutionally linked to · as of 2026-07 · moderate confidence
Internal-security integration into the Interior Ministry is one of the civilian files left open by the January 2026 agreement. Interior-ministry units deployed into the north-eastern cities from February 2026 with Kurdish policing reported as continuing until a merger is completed, so the relationship is a transition in progress rather than a settled one.
Lineage & institutional history
Related locations
Al-Hol camp area: Camp-security responsibilities described at structural level only.
Campaigns
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- The anti-ISIS campaign and the residual insurgency Supporting force · Since September 2014 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-07
Custody and internal security across the detention and camp system, which is the campaign's standing commitment rather than an operational role.
- Northeast integration Affected party · Since March 2025 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-07
Internal-security integration into the Interior Ministry is one of the unresolved civilian files, with Kurdish policing reported as continuing until a merger is completed.
Assessed as of2026-05
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