A spokesperson for the US-led Coalition told Grasswire that reports of a deal between the US and the Syrian Kurdish YPG are false.
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The Syrian Democratic Forces announced the final phase of the operation to retake Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa.
The US military has begun supplying arms and equipment to Syrian Kurdish groups within the SDF which are fighting Islamic State
Syrian journalist Mohammed Hassan posted images of two US Humvee military vehicles he said were taken in northern Syria on May 11.
After the US said it will arm Kurdish fighters in Syria, imagery of deliveries for the YPG and YPJ have surfaced. None that we have found are real
US President Donald Trump approved a Pentagon plan to arm the Kurdish groups within the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting Islamic State in Syria.
Reports have circulated that the YPG paused operations near Raqqa. Grasswire sought confirmation from the coalition but the response was later contradicted
YPG spokesperson told Grasswire that the US-led coalition must "give real guarantees" and that it "cannot be silent" on Turkish airstrikes
The Turkish army has retaliated after it said the YPG in Syria fired two mortar shells fired at military posts in Hatay province on April 26.
Early on April 25, Turkey carried out a series of air raids against Kurds in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria.