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The Kurdish People Protection Units (YPG) made a swap deal with terrorist Daesh to get back seven U.S. soldiers captured by Daesh in eastern Syria, local sources told Anadolu Agency.
In Syria’s oil-rich eastern Deir Ezzor province, the U.S. soldiers were detained in September during a clash between Daesh and the U.S.-backed YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to security concerns.
With the help of local elements, Daesh and the YPG began negotiating on Sept. 28 over getting the soldiers back, the sources claimed.
Daesh pressed the YPG to withdraw from some oil wells including Azraq and allow the entry of some medical supplies as well as food items in some areas in return for releasing the U.S. troops.
Under the deal between the two groups, the YPG withdrew from the wells and the U.S. got its soldiers. The medical supplies and food items have not been sent yet, according to the sources.
A spokesman for the U.S.-led international coalition forces denied the claim that Daesh had captured seven U.S. soldiers.
“The coalition is not involved in any deal with ISIS,” said U.S. Col. Sean Ryan, using another acronym for Daesh.
Source: Anadolu Agency