No. I won’t follow back, Twitter

The seal on the left is the seal of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR). The seal on the right is of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). According to Reason, the CJTF–OIR is embedded with the SDF (see below*).

But Ahmed al-Sharaa AKA Abu Mohammad al-Julani said that the Kurds were the brethren of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). /s

International anarchist and leftist groups declare their support for SDF

International League of Peoples’ Struggle:

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman José María Sison organized the ILPS in 2001.

CPP: The Great Left Divide

*Syria’s Rojava [Where They Run Torture Camps] Is in Grave Danger + 

The SDF equals the YPG/PKK/Kurds: A timeline of the PKK’s war on Turkey

Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis, by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent

The U.S. has never hesitated to use those it calls terrorists as a means for its own ends. From The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent at thecradle.co:

Is it a coincidence that the world’s foremost terror organization is being revived just as the US struggles under a multi-front assault on its hegemony in West Asia? More curiously, both ISIS and Washington’s targets are exactly the same.

Reviving ISIS: A US weapon against the Resistance Axis, by The Cradle’s Iraq Correspondent

H/T: Der Friedensstifter

Conflicting reports on Islamic State leader arrested in US operation in north Syria

The US-led coalition has revealed the identity of the Islamic State leader it arrested during an airdrop operation in northern Syria, saying he was a prominent bombmaker. But some Syrian opposition sources say they got the wrong man.

Conflicting reports on Islamic State leader arrested in US operation in north Syria

Related:

The operations of the international coalition against ISIS west of the Euphrates: significance and importance (machine translation of link by Al-Monitor)

Disclosure of arrested ISIS leader identity | ISIS top leader and son of top sharia official, but not the “Wali” of Al-Raqqah (English article linked by Al-Monitor)

U.S. Forces Have Captured Another Daesh Senior Leader During Night Helicopter Raid

Oopsie! 🤷🏼‍♀️