This ACCORD query response, published on 22 November 2024, examines deportation from DAANES to Syrian government areas, imputed political opinion, prisoner transfers and arrests. In an email dated 5 November, Muhsen AlMustafa distinguished prisoner exchanges from handovers solely for recruitment, while noting that exchanged prisoners could include men liable for service or former deserters. He also addressed possible arrests of men wanted for service within government security enclaves in Hasakah and Qamishli, and the Syrian Democratic Forces’ position towards those arrests at the time.