The Pentagon ordered the cease of intelligence sharing about IS with Turkey to protest the military operation in Syria, the German newspaper said.

The decision to prevent Turkey from accessing intelligence and operational data of the self-proclaimed coalition against the Islamic State (IS) was made by the US Department of Defense on October 9, at the time when Ankara started shelling and bombed Kurdish militia positions in northern Syria, according to German newspaper Spiegel.

The US-led coalition coalition has more than 50 countries involved, but only a few countries are directly involved in the war. All intelligence collected will be transferred to a campaign coordinating center in Qatar and from there to be provided to the member states participating in the fight against ISIS.

Sharing intelligence and operations is considered to be at the heart of its operations, so banning a country from accessing intelligence data is considered an act of eliminating that nation from the coalition.

The Pentagon is concerned that Turkey could use coalition combat data to plan a strike against the Kurds in northern Syria. Intelligence information is collected daily from high-precision reconnaissance aircraft, drones and satellites.

The German Air Force had previously refused to share scout information with the coalition's operations coordination center over concerns that Turkey would use this data to serve "activities outside the fight against ISIS". , Spiegel newspaper added.

The Pentagon and the Turkish Ministry of Defense have yet to comment on the information.

Turkey launched Operation Spring Peace in northeastern Syria on October 9 against Kurdish militias, which Ankara considers terrorists. Turkey's goal is to push the Kurdish forces off the border, opening a safety buffer of about 32 km in northern Syria.