# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/talal-silo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:21:16.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/talal-silo"
name: "Talal Silo"
slug: "talal-silo"
description: "Talal Silo is a Syrian Turkmen former military personnel who was the official Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson from 2014 until his surrender or defection to Turkey in November 2017, covering major SDF operations and battles against the militant group ISIL. His departure marked the first major defection among the SDF's top ranks."
tagline: "Syrian army colonel and SDF spokesman (2014-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Talal_Ali_Silo_in_January_2016.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.06
  momentum:             0.4347826086956523
  historical:           5.474442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%95%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%86"
    title: "تەلال سلۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "طلال سلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C9%99lal_Silo"
    title: "Təlal Silo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Талал Сило"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_Silo"
    title: "Talal Silo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_Silo"
    title: "Talal Silo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44810791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump