According to several Kurdish social media pages, a unit from the German special forces has arrived to northern Syria in order to help advise the U.S. backed “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) at the battle of Menbeij.

If true, the German units will be the fourth western power to join the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in northeast Aleppo.

There have been no official reports from the Syrian Democratic Forces or Anti-ISIS Coalition regarding this latest rumor.