US military stations 1,000 PYD militants on Turkey-Syria border

<p style="text-align: left;">The US military reportedly deployed about 1,000 fighters of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the Syrian Tel-Abyad area on the Syrian-Turkish border.

The US military carried out reconnaissance operations in the Syrian Tel-Abyad area on the Syrian-Turkish border prior to the deployment, Anadolu Agency reported.

Previously, the US-led coalition reportedly announced that it would establish a 30,000-strong border security force controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, led by with People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, which has already triggered Turkey's criticism.

However, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson later claimed that the United States was not creating a border security force, saying that the issue was "misportrayed."

Turkey has been threatening to launch an operation in Afrin against the Syrian Kurdish fighters since last week, after the US announced its decision to start training a border protection force.

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