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The U.S. Army is transferring tons of gold from Daesh-held areas in Syria to the U.S., multiple reports said.According to a source who spoke to Kurdish Bas News Agency, the U.S. forces transferred about 50 tons of goldand gave a portion of the remaining gold to the PKK's Syrian offshoot People's Protection Units (YPG).The gold was reportedly transported from the U.S. military base in Kobani.Meanwhile,Local sources who spoke to regime-run SANA news agency claimed that the troops relocated large boxes containing Daesh's gold treasure from al-Dashisheh region in southern Hasakah., the report said.The claim coincides with a report by the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which said that the U.S.-backed YPG was after 40 tons of gold left behind by Daesh terrorists in Deir el-Zour."The U.S.-led coalition forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)by forcing the ISIL militants to speak about its location after surrendering," the SOHR said, referring to Daesh using another acronym.Though Daesh lost many strongholds in Iraq and Syria, a controversial deal between Daesh militants and Syrian groups linked to the PKK, a major terrorist group that carries out attacks in Turkey, helped their safe evacuation from Raqqa, Syria.The U.S. still has about 2,000 troops in Syria, many of whom are working in close cooperation with SDF.Almost all the territory in the east of the Euphrates River comprising some one-third of the territory of Syria, except for the Assad regime-controlled area near Deir el-Zour and the Daesh-held area near the Iraqi border, is controlled by the SDF. The SDF also controls the districts of Manbij and Tabqah on the right bank of the river.