Tuesday, 9 May 2017

U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds battling Islamic State, despite Turkish ire

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.


from Reuters: Top News http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-usa-kurds-idUKKBN18525U?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

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