Turkish state-run media, Anadolu, published an article highlighting 10 U.S. military points in northern Syria.
According to the article originally published on Monday, the maps include specific locations of eight military posts and two air bases near the Turkish border as well as troop counts for both U.S. and French forces.
The article lists three points in Haseke, two points in Münbic, and three spots north of Raqqa. The U.S. first established air bases in the region during October 2015, but added supplemental sites in both March and April of 2016.
The article suggested this was a retaliatory action by Turkey for weapons ending up in the hands of the Syrian Worker’s People’s Protection Units (YPG), which is assisting the U.S.-led coalition in the fight against ISIS.
The revelation of troop locations by Turkey was the basis for a larger examination in the Daily Beast, which a spokesperson for the coalition said “put coalition lives in jeopardy.”
The relationship between Turkey and the U.S., both NATO allies, has been complicated in recent years.
The U.S. has shown support of the Kurds, an ethnic group located in parts of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. The Kurds have a political party in Turkey known as the PKK, which has been labeled a terrorist group and the subject of political violence by the Turkish government for decades.
