Documents reveal decade-long Assad regime and YPG/PKK cooperation
An aerial photo shows the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus's Mount Qasyoun, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. (AFP Photo)
Following the collapse of the Assad regime and liberation of Damascus on Dec. 8, a cache of leaked regime intelligence documents emerged on X revealing that the Assad regime and the YPG/PKK have been cooperating with one another since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011.
One regime cable from August 2011 indicates that the YPG/PKK reported to the Assad regime about bringing 100 fighters from northern Iraq into Syria, specifying regime forces to make their transfer easier. A May 2012 document specifies aiding YPG/PKK in arms smuggling. Another regime cable reveals dated July 2013 states for regime forces to cooperate with the YPG/PKK in Aleppo.
Large sums of regime documents, including the regime’s effort of spying on Syrian citizens, are currently leaked.
