{"id":178796,"date":"2018-11-08T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T06:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=178796"},"modified":"2018-11-11T08:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T08:25:09","slug":"kurdish-militia-made-a-swap-with-isis-to-get-back-7-us-troops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=178796","title":{"rendered":"Kurdish militia made a swap with ISIS to get back 7 US troops \u2013 sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Russia Today &#8212; Nov 7, 2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_100062\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kurdish-Peshmerga-forces-man-a-checkpoint-on-the-road-leading-from-Kirkuk-to-the-northern-Iraqi-city-of-Tikrit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Kurdish-Peshmerga-forces-man-a-checkpoint-on-the-road-leading-from-Kirkuk-to-the-northern-Iraqi-city-of-Tikrit.jpg\" alt=\"Kurdish Peshmerga forces man a checkpoint on the road leading from Kirkuk to the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, June 20, 2014. Click to enlarge\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kurdish Peshmerga forces man a checkpoint on the road leading from Kirkuk to the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, June 20, 2014. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Kurdish militia made a swap with Islamic state terrorists to get back seven US soldiers captured in September, Turkish media has said. The Kurds had to withdraw from some oil wells under the swap terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The American troops were detained during a confrontation between Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and Kurdish YPG\/ PKK militias in the embattled Syrian Deir ez-Zor province in September this year, sources<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/ypg-pkk-daesh-allegedly-made-deal-to-swap-us-soldiers\/1303395\">told<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>Anadolu agency on condition of anonymity. The talks to retrieve the soldiers started in late September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Kurdish militia made a swap with Islamic state terrorists to get back seven US soldiers captured in September, Turkish media has said. The Kurds had to withdraw from some oil wells under the swap terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The American troops were detained during a confrontation between Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and Kurdish YPG\/ PKK militias in the embattled Syrian Deir ez-Zor province in September this year, sources <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/ypg-pkk-daesh-allegedly-made-deal-to-swap-us-soldiers\/1303395\">told<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Anadolu agency on condition of anonymity. The talks to retrieve the soldiers started in late September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The US military has been engaged in Syria since September 2014, working with some militias to fight terrorists. Deir ez-Zor province where those seven soldiers were allegedly captured is one of the zones of the US-led operation. IS is controlling large parts of Deir ez-Zor\u2019s territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/443260-ypg-isis-us-soldiers\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h2>Syrian War Report \u2013 November 7, 2018: Turkish Media Claims 7 U.S. Troops Were Captured By ISIS<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1wYRXUwHP9U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington has denied the reports. 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