|
Trending Topics
|
U.S. to Stop Supplying Arms to Kurds Fighting in Syria
(AP-Military Times) Susan Fraser and Josh Lederman - In a phone call Friday with Turkish President Erdogan, President Trump said he'd "given clear instructions" that the Syrian Kurds will receive no more weapons. Kurdish fighters in Syria bore much of the fight against Islamic State and a largely Kurdish force liberated the caliphate's capital, Raqqa. A U.S. defense official said he was unaware of any additional arms scheduled to be transferred to the Kurds. The U.S. has pledged to carefully monitor the weapons it provides the Kurds, ensuring that they don't wind up in the hands of Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.