Fake News:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/12/how-russia-targets-the-us-military-215247
“A State Department expert in Russian influence campaigns who was not authorized to speak on the record said he had taken note of Veterans Today’s partnership with New Eastern Outlook and that Southfront appears to be a Russian front that deliberately obscures its origins. The expert also described the Strategic Culture Foundation as a part of the Kremlin’s influence apparatus and noted that Russia has long sought to amplify the voices of Western conspiracy theorists.”
Trying to sow discord between the Kurds and the U.S.
Yes, see my post #19.
It supports directly what you just stated.