Russia says US has established about 20 military bases in Syria

Alexander Venediktov, an aide to Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, said on Thursday that the United States is supplying the Democratic Union Party (PYD)/People’s Protection Units (YPG) terrorist organization with the most advanced weapons.

Venediktov added that the U.S. has established around 20 military bases in Syria on territory controlled by the PYD/YPG.

The YPG is the armed wing of the PYD, which is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.

The U.S. and the coalition have largely ignored the PYD/YPG links to the PKK, which the U.S., EU, and Turkey list as a terrorist group.