The Pentagon said Monday that it is considering “adjustments” in its weapons delivery to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria amid pressure from Turkey but stressed that US collaboration with the broader Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State will continue. Pentagon spokesman Col. Robert Manning told reporters, “We are taking a hard look at the adjustments that need to be made to the military support provided to our Kurdish partners.” Ankara considers the YPG to be a terrorist group affiliated with Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers Party. Following a call last week between President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish officials asserted that Trump had promised to stop arming the YPG. Syrian Kurdish officials, however, told the AFP wire service on Monday that the “adjustments” do not mean changes to the relations between the United States and the SDF, which includes the YPG as well as Arab fighters. Read More
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