if you live in the world of empiricism, you should quite clearly see that the new york times is a far less reliable source than russia today.

when did rt publish false information designed to mislead the public into war

*crickets*

but, if you're brainwashed, here you go:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/world/middleeast/syria-afrin-kurds-ypg.html