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Allegations of CIA involvement have been denied by several Kurdish officials to me, who described the reports as false. During recent visits to Peshmerga units from different Kurdish political parties, I did not observe any American-made advanced weapons among their equipment.

Disinformation about an alleged shooting of protesters in Raqqa (AANES) Turkish media is spreading misinformation about an alleged shooting of protesters in Raqqa. This morning in Raqqa the celebrations about the fall of Bashar al Assad’s tyrant-regime turned into smaller protests in Raqqa city - the protestors then decided to *protest* in front of the central prison in Raqqa to demand the release of ISIS members (their family members) As the crowd of protesters tried to enter the prison complex, warning shots were fired. That’s all. No one was hurt or anything. Feel free to condemn the SDF for not letting ISIS prisoners be released.. especially now as Turkey is attacking the SDF in Manbij. This isn’t the best practice - but this practice exists in European, western and basically all countries. About Raqqa: take my word for it or watch any video about Raqqa on YouTube - the city has frequent attacks of ISIS cells, in many places non-residents can not enter because of hostilities from the locals. Liberating the former capital of ISIS comes with the mindset of ISIS remaining in parts of the city. These few, maybe 100-200 protesters are not a reflection of the tens of thousands of people living in Raqqa - it is a reflection of how many families there have members of ISIS in their family - and how many of them still do not believe that what ISIS did was wrong.