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May 10, 2017       Share:    

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/trump-kurds-syria-army.html?_r=0

U.S. to Arm Syrian Kurds over Turkish Objections

(New York Times) Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt - President Trump has approved a plan to arm Syrian Kurds with heavy machine guns, mortars, anti-tank weapons, and armored cars so they can participate in the battle to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State, a strategy that has drawn deep opposition from Turkey. American military commanders have long argued that arming the YPG, a Kurdish militia fighting against the Islamic State, is the fastest way to seize Raqqa, the capital of the militants' caliphate. A high-level delegation of Turkish officials was informed of the decision by Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the U.S. national security adviser, when they visited the White House on Monday.

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