On November 13, 2017 BBC journalists Quentin Sommerville and Riam Dalati published a shocking article titled “Raqqa’s Dirty Secret”.

The article explains Daesh and YPG’s corrupt partnership in Raqqa with vivid pictures that leaves very few to the imagination, including a footage of Daesh terrorists, who were incarcerated in Raqqa, being evacuated out of the city by the YPG.

This article is important in terms of revealing the dirty cooperation between the terrorist organizations and also the US’s open support to this partnership. I use the word “reveal” because this exchange between YPG and Daesh is not something new. In the past there have been similar evacuations in areas where YPG took control over Daesh. The captured Daesh terrorists were deported to different regions using newly opened roads. “It was to prevent further conflicts and deaths” was the answer they got when they asked for the reason, and when intelligence agencies confirmed these roads.

This exchange between YPG and Daesh is not something new. In the past there have been similar evacuations in areas where YPG took control over Daesh.

It should be stated that the information provided in the BBC article is only a fraction of what is out there. The parts excluded from the photographs hide even more information on the corrupt cooperation between the terrorist organizations that is based on self-interest. It is possible to gain this information by tracing the thousands of Daesh terrorists that were deported with trucks.

The information provided in the BBC article is only a fraction of what is out there.

I am including the shocking information, which I have acquired during my research, without any commentaries:

• Most of the deported terrorists have been taken to Iraqi borders. It has been evaluated that they have been taken to Iraq.
• It is stated that some of these Daesh terrorists have gone to Jordon.
• It has been evaluated that some of these terrorist have been assisted on their travel to Europe.
• Lastly, some of the terrorists have come to Turkey.

It is important to understand how these terrorists came to Turkey. This is where the second stage of the cooperation between the terrorist organizations begins. A small group of Daesh terrorists have been smuggled to Turkey by the PKK.

So, do these Daesh terrorists pose a threat for Turkey? Not technically. The reason is hidden in the detailed Daesh operations that took place last week.

According to the BBC’s article, the footage of Daesh terrorists being deported is dated on November 13. Security units have determined the movements of PKK smugglers in the Turkish border after this date. Once it was discovered that there were Daesh terrorists with the smugglers, their destinations were monitored. This resulted in the discovery of the terror network. It should be reminded that a massive Daesh operation took place on November 10 in which 82 people were arrested in Istanbul and 101 out of the 245 suspects were arrested. I have been informed that among these arrests are the Daesh terrorists that were smuggled into Turkey.

I would also like to share an evaluation on this subject: There are two reasons why the PKK is helping Daesh terrorists enter Turkey. The first reason is to harm the country. The second reason is to assist Daesh terrorists in entering Europe in order to continue the Daesh terror threat that hovers around Europe. The Qandil leadership believes that it will lose value if Daesh terror is eliminated. They try to continue their existence through the Daesh threat. In other words the PKK tries to justify itself by the Daesh threat.

Let me give you a final note to finish off: Daesh terrorists that were deported out of Raqqa were not only taken by trucks. Many “members” of Daesh, which work for various intelligence agencies, were escorted out of the country by helicopters.

On Monday the BBC reported that a deal which allowed 350 Daesh fighters and more than 4,000 of their family members to leave Raqqa was made between Daesh and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed force largely comprised of PKK/PYD terrorists.

The US media has remained largely silent on the occasions even after the BBC’s report.

“This was a local solution to a local issue, and it demonstrated the importance and power of local governance,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “The central priority here was the protection of civilian lives and the arrangement was reached by our partners and their local affiliates.”

“Part of the by/with/through approach is that we might not fully agree with our partners at all times, but we have to respect their solutions to their own issues,” it added.

Turkey has always been a critic of the relationship between the US and PYD, the Syrian branch of the PKK, which has waged a terror campaign against Turkey for 33 years causing the death of more than 40,000 people.

“With respect to all of that, we continue to encourage all parties to seek political solutions and we continue to work with the SDF because our focus is to defeat ISIS [Daesh]” Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White said at a press briefing on Turkey’s criticism of the US stance on the deal.

BBC reported that according to many of those involved in the evacuation a huge convoy consisting of around 50 trucks, 13 buses and more than 100 Daesh vehicles left Raqqa for Daesh-controlled territory to the southeast, adding that Daesh also withdrew at least 10 vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition and the fighters included foreigners alongside Iraqis and Syrians.

Turkey did not hesitate to respond; describing the agreement as “a grave mistake,” Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag criticized the attitude displayed by the US.

More, on Thursday, Bozdag emphasized that the terrorist groups could not have possibly made such an agreement without the knowledge of the US.

On Tuesday the Pentagon defended the deal, which allowed hundreds of Deash terrorists to escape from Raqqa describing it as a “local solution to a local issue,” namely the siege of Deash’s de facto capital in Syria.

Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon claimed it aimed to provide civilians and families “an opportunity to leave the city and to allow the tribal leaders an opportunity to reconcile and reintegrate Syrian men who had been under ISIS [Daesh] control during its brutal three-year regime.”

Although they were “present at the discussions,” Pahon denied any role of the US-led coalition against Daesh representatives in the withdrawal negotiations.

As to the question whether Secretary of Defense James Mattis had been informed about the deal, White answered that she did not want to speak on that.

During the briefing, a question was also asked about the total number of US troops abroad. Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie informed that there are 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan, 5,262 in Iraq and 500 in Syria.

Earlier this month Army Maj. Gen. James Jarrard initially put the number of US troops on the ground in Syria at 4,000 – a figure far exceeding the official count. When asked to affirm the 4,000 figure, Jarrard appeared to be caught off guard and claimed he “misspoke.”

US media silent on US support of PKK/PYD-Daesh deal

While the deal has not made headlines in the US media, according to a report by the Anadolu Agency, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook corrected his statement that the US is delivering arms to the PKK/PYD to “the arms went only to the Syrian Arab Coalition and not to the PKK/PYD,” as it was perceived problematic to US discourse with its NATO ally, Turkey.

Last month PKK/PYD hung posters of Abdullah Ocalan dedicating the seizure of Raqqa to the convicted PKK terrorist leader who has been jailed in Turkey since 1999.

*This report was written by Suna Nur Sarıhan.

Speaking before the parliament’s plenary and budget committee on Thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu slammed the US for “continuing its mistake” of backing terrorist organizations such as the PKK/PYD.

Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu stated that “the US is continuing its mistake.”

Claiming that the US backed the PKK/PYD for tactical purposes, the foreign minister said “we told them (US) that we cannot accept this.”

“We will continue expressing the danger of cooperation with terrorist organizations.”

The statement came following comments made on Tuesday by the US-led anti-Daesh coalition spokesman Colonel Ryan Dilon, who underlined that they would only support the PYD if they were fighting Daesh.

On Monday the BBC had reported a deal which had been struck between Daesh and the SDF – a force comprised largely of PKK/PYD terrorists, which are supported by the US.

While the US commented on this deal between the two terrorist groups as a “local solution to a local problem,” Foreign Minister Cavusoglu called for more cooperation with Syrians instead of terrorist organizations in Syria.

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