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US sends ammunition to Syrian forces ahead of offensive
[Rudaw] The United States has provided Syrian Arab forces operating within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS), in Hasakah province. In an exclusive report late Wednesday Rooters wrote that the SDF forces are expected to launch an offensive against ISIS in Al-Shaddadah, a town south of Al-Hasakah province. The majority of the SDF rank-and-file are members of the Kurdish Peoples Protection Units (YPG) smaller numbers of Arabs, Assyrians and Turkmen are also fighting under the same umbrella. This latest shipment of ammunition was, the US claims, directly delivered overland to the 5,000-strong Arab force within the SDF. Similarly when it air dropped 50 tonnes of bullets and grenades to the YPG last October Washington said it was intended for Arab rebels but YPG leaders claimed they had picked up some of the ammunition. Al- Shaddadah is a strategically important town for ISIS and it is the group's last foothold in Hasakah Province. Capturing it would further cut off that group from important highways and put more pressure on their so-called "capital", Raqqa. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-12-18 |
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