The U.S. dispatched trucks of arms to the People's Protection Units (YPG) terrorists in Syria's Deir el-Zour on Tuesday, three days after President Donald Trump promised that the superpower would not supply any more weapons to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which mainly consists of militants from the PKK's Syrian affiliate.
The Associated Press has acquired footage of the transport to the terror group in northeastern Syria.
The video, shot on the road between Deir el-Zour and Shaddadi, shows 26 Humvees, American-made armored trucks used by various militaries, being transported by lorries with Iraqi number plates.
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The U.S. military has been providing YPG militants with armored vehicles and arms to aid them in the fight against Daesh terrorist group, defying Turkey's warnings about the dangers of fighting a terrorist group with another.
Separately, a high ranking YPG terrorist said that Americans "would undermine the fight against Daesh" in the region if they turn their back on their "only ally in Syria."
The remarks by Ilham Ahmed, a militant from the U.S.-backed SDF, were in response to suggestions by the U.S. administration that military aid to the YPG-led forces may be halted.
Over the weekend, the White House and the Pentagon said there would be "pending adjustments to the military support" to the SDF, though there was no specific confirmation that the arms flow would stop altogether.
Ahmed said such "vague" phrasing appears "aimed at appeasing Turkey."
The Democratic Union Party (PYD) is the Syrian affiliate of the PKK, a globally recognized terrorist group. The YPG is its armed wing, and the SDF is their umbrella organization, consisting of mainly terrorists.
The PKK usually employs game of words in the region in order to avoid being called terrorists in Syria, Iraq or anywhere else it is operating.
Turkish officials have reiterated countless times that the YPG/PYD is no different than the PKK, which is recognized as a terrorist group by the U.S., EU and many other countries. Even though the terrorists in Syria have done everything to prove they are the same as the PKK, going as far as displaying the poster of Abdullah Öcalan - the leader of the terrorist group - in Raqqa, the U.S. still has not disengaged with them even now that Raqqa is free of Daesh terrorists.
