By Kasım Ileri
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it provided a medical class for YPG/PKK terrorists — using the name SDF — guarding oil facilities under its occupation.
"Medics with Alabama National Guard's 1st Battalion, 173rd Infantry Regiment (Task Force War Club) along with Soldiers from the United States Army’s 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment conducted a medical class for members of Syrian Democratic Force’s (SDF) Critical Petroleum Infrastructure Guard (CPIG) at the CPIG Academy in May 2021," CENTCOM said on its website.
The YPG/PKK terror group uses the acronym SDF, which comprises Kurdish and Arab fighters battling ISIS/Daesh, as a cover for receiving international support.
The US-backed SDF is spearheaded by the YPG, the Syrian branch of the PKK. The PKK is a designated terrorist organization in the US, Turkey and EU, and Washington's support for its Syrian affiliate has been a major strain on relations with Ankara.
Noting that the terror group is responsible for protecting the petrol infrastructure in eastern Syria, CENTCOM said: "The TF War Club medics taught lifesaving interventions and techniques that focused on traumatic wounds to members of the CPIG Academy.
"Medics taught tourniquet application, wound packing and dressing, pressure bandages and junctional wound packing and wrapping."
It added that those who finished the training were presented a certificate of completion, adding that the Task Force War Club was deployed in the CENTCOM region to support its anti-Daesh/ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield, which carries out different missions in the Middle East.
*Writing by Sena Guler in Ankara
