▁Turkish ▁ag gress ions ▁against ▁the ▁S DF , ▁which ▁this ▁time ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁S DF ' s ▁break through ▁adv ances ▁against ▁I SI L ▁in ▁the ▁Ra qq a ▁campaign . ▁▁ ▁On ▁ 9 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁the ▁Pent agon ▁that ▁American ▁President ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁approved ▁of ▁a ▁plan ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁directly ▁provide ▁heavy ▁arm aments ▁to ▁the ▁major ▁S DF ▁component ▁group , ▁the ▁Y PG ; ▁the ▁plan ▁comes ▁before ▁a ▁planned ▁final ▁off ensive ▁to ▁capture ▁Ra qq a ▁from ▁I SI L . ▁ ▁By ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 , 5 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁S DF ▁have ▁been ▁trained ▁by ▁the ▁US - led ▁coal ition ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 ▁vehicles ▁and ▁other ▁equipment ▁have ▁been ▁delivered ▁to ▁over ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁S DF ▁troops . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁report ▁from ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁news ▁network ▁Kur dist an ▁ 2 4 , ▁the ▁major ▁S DF ▁component ▁group , ▁Y PG ▁forces , ▁received ▁about ▁ 8 0 0 ▁tr uck loads ▁of ▁military ▁supplies ▁from ▁the ▁Pent agon ▁from ▁early ▁June ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁joint ▁report ▁published ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Organ