Raqqa campaign

The U.S.-led coalition against the ISIL terror group provided $1.2 million in supplies for COVID-19 prevention efforts and detention operations to YPG/PKK terrorists, according to a statement on April 4.

Revenues from northeastern Syria's oil fields will be directed to the YPG/PKK-led SDF, the U.S. said on Nov. 7.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)- a label used by the YPG/PKK terrorist group- have begun withdrawing in northeast Syria and demolished their military fortifications, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Aug. 23.

This file photo shows Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk on the rubble of damaged shops and buildings in the city of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, The SDF is dominated by the YPG, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization. REUTERS/Rodi Said/File Photo

The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the armed group the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on July 28 that it and the Syrian government had decided at a meeting to form committees to develop negotiations to end violence in Syria

France said on March 30 it is not planning a unilateral military operation in Syria outside the international coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after senior Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) officials claimed Paris was planning to send troops.

Turkey has firmly rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's bid to mediate between the Turkish government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) while calling on Paris to take a clear stance against all of forms of terror.

Safa al-Hussein comes into the consultation room with her four-year-old daughter, Ahed, who has a leg injury she suffered during an attack on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 23 slammed the United States for its continued support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), saying it is operating a “lie machine.”    

The U.S.’s decision to give more financial support to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) “will affect Turkey’s decisions,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 13.