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Leaked Documents Reveal 2011 Assad-PKK/YPG Collaboration, Facilitating 100 Members Against Syrian Opposition

Dec 14, 2024, 09:30 AM

Recent leaks of intelligence documents have revealed a collaboration between the Assad regime and the PKK/YPG terror group against opposition forces in Syria. The documents indicate that since the onset of the Syrian uprising in 2011, the Assad regime's intelligence instructed officials at the Semalka and Yarubiye border crossings to facilitate the transfer of approximately 100 PKK/YPG members from Qandil to Aleppo. This cooperation highlights the complex dynamics of the Syrian conflict, where various factions have formed unexpected alliances.