Elections for the council were planned for early 2018, but never held.[17] On 16 July 2018, the Third Conference of SDC held under the slogan "Towards a Political Solution and Building a Decentralized Democratic Syria" in Al-Tabqa city, where the delegates elected Amina Omar, replacing Îlham Ehmed, who was elected co-president of Executive Council, and re-elected Riad Darar as co-chairs of SDC.[18][19][20]