(Zaman Al Wasl)- Spokesman for the U.S.-led Syrian Democratic Forces has defected over a coordination with the Turkish intelligence, sources said on Wednesday,
No further details revealed about Colonel Talal Sillo who read most of the victory statements of the Kurdish-led alliance which uprooted ISIS from Raqqa, once de facto capital in eastern Syria.
Sillo arrived in Turkish-held city of Jarablus town early Wednesday, fleeing Manbij town, sources told Zaman al-Wasl.
The defections was coordinated by the Turkish intelligence and its forces stationed in the northeastern Aleppo countryside.
The SDF has appointed Redur Halil as new spokesperson.
Turkey on Wednesday condemned as "an extremely grave revelation" the potential escape of hundreds of extremists from the Syrian city of Raqqa, saying it underscored the perils of Washington's alliance with Kurdish fighters, AFP reported.
The SDF said over 3,000 civilians had left Raqqa on October 14 as part of a deal negotiated between officials from the provisional Raqqa Civil Council and Syrian IS fighters.
The Turkish foreign ministry described the information as an "extremely grave and eye-opening revelation", accusing the SDF of negotiating with Daesh to evacuate fighters.
The SDF is dominated by the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara views as a "terror" group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) waging an insurgency inside Turkey.
Ankara has long lambasted Washington for working with and arming the YPG as the main US ally in the fight against Daesh.
Zaman A Wasl
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