On April 25, Turkey launched airstrikes on Coalition partner forces in Iraq and Syria, killing dozens.
On April 26, Syrian YPG spokesperson tells Grasswire the coalition must “give real guarantees” and that it “cannot be silent” on Turkish airstrikes
Text in the liveblog below may not be verbatim. The transcript is here.
Daily Sabah: There is pic and video of US officer walking with PKK officer. He is PKK general commander in the coutry. Are you aware of that?
Dorrian: I am aware that we had an officer go to check with our partner forces … There were a lot of people present.
Q: According to Turkish intel, many of the recent PKK attacks were supplied via Syria.
Dorrian: “We believe that our partner forces were struck in Syria” and some were struck in Iraq. There was not enough coordination.
Question re “PKK elements” in the areas where US forces were pictured after strikes.
Dorrian: “We did have forces that went to check on partner forces.” They were with the SDF.
Were US forces endangered by strikes?
Dorrian: Less than an hour of notification time is not enough time. The ops box was very large.
Were US forces endangered by strikes?
Dorrian: Less than an hour of notification time is not enough time. The ops box was very large.