Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Turks question loyalties after picture emerges of US soldiers with YPG patches

PINAR TREMBLAY for Al-Monitor Recently published photos of US forces wearing YPG insignia have further strained US-Turkish relations and may even offer a recruitment tool for the Islamic State.

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