In the wake of a US raid that took the life of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend, the Pentagon-backed Syrian Kurds are hoping to convince the Donald Trump administration to take a harder line against the weekslong Turkish incursion into Syria.

As the Pentagon-supported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) touted more US raids in northern Syria, including a Monday strike that US officials said left IS spokesman Abu Hasan al-Muhajir dead near Jarablus, the Kurdish-led group began to mount a public relations offensive demanding information about what Turkey knew about Baghdadi’s whereabouts.

In a tweet today, President Trump touted the significance of Muhajir’s death, considered a possible successor to the IS leader. But the quick succession of strikes also raised questions, as the IS leaders’ demolished hideout in the Syrian city of Barisha was just four miles from the Turkish border, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley said.

“The SDF shared information of Baghdadi's whereabouts — and that he was located in Idlib — with US in May,” Mustafa Bali, an SDF spokesman, tweeted Monday night. “Turkey which has carried out countless airstrikes deep inside KRI targeting certain people has questions to answer on Baghdadi case.”