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With the Kurds Fighting Islamic State in Syria
(Wall Street Journal) Terry Glavin - Adam Derike, 35, leads 45 fighters with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, or local defense forces. He said that by failing over the past three years to arm and fund Syria's democratic opposition, the NATO powers have squandered the opportunity to confront both Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus and the forces of the Islamic State. And now, NATO is risking the alienation of the West's strongest and most capable allies remaining in the region - the Kurds. In recent days, the YPG has been battling a major Islamic State offensive in the Syrian Kurdish canton of Kobani.