Syrian Kurds receive armored vehicles from the US and Canada

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Unprecedented:

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

U.S.-backed Syrian alliance says gets more U.S. support since Trump took office
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...=Feed:+Reuters/worldNews+(Reuters+World+News)

The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has supplied its Syrian allies with armored vehicles for the first time, expanding support since U.S. President Donald Trump came to office, a spokesman for the Syrian groups told Reuters on Tuesday.

The armored vehicles and troop carriers had arrived four or five days ago, said Talal Silo, spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, which includes the Kurdish YPG militia.

Though the number was small, he said, "this is evidence that there are signs of new support". "Previously we didn't get support in this form, we would get light weapons and ammunition," he said.

"There are signs of full support from the new American leadership - more than before - for our forces," he said.

(Reporting by Tom Perry; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

 

[damm1t]

Syrian Kurdish terrorists PYD/YPG instead of Syrian Kurds. They will turn into scrap in the end no matter what.

 

[Gothic]

everyone here in iran knows what kind of an idiot trump is , the moronic idiot . if they are going hush hush it's because everyone and i mean Russia , china , iran , north korea , and everyone , is waiting for trump to make his biggest mistake

 

[T-72M1]

Trump effect, so far so good, and along with this let's hope the US stops all support for the so called FSA and other "rebels"

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

Syrian Kurdish terrorists PYD/YPG instead of Syrian Kurds. They will turn into scrap in the end no matter what.

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Syrian groups see more US support for IS fight, plan new phase
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...port-for-is-fight-plan-new-phase/3481270.html

BEIRUT: A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian militias said on Tuesday it saw signs of increased U.S. support for their campaign against Islamic State with President Donald Trump in office, a shift that would heighten Turkish worries over Kurdish power in Syria.

A Kurdish military source told Reuters separately the next phase of a campaign by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance - which includes the Kurdish YPG militia - aimed to cut the last remaining routes to Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa city, including the road to Deir al-Zor.

The YPG has been the main partner on the ground in Syria for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, fighting as part of the SDF that has driven Islamic State from swathes of northern Syria with the coalition's air support.

The YPG also has links to a Kurdish party, the PKK, designated by Turkey as a terrorist group.

It forms the military backbone of autonomous regions that have been set up by Kurdish groups and their allies in northern Syria since the onset of the war in 2011, alarming Turkey where a Kurdish minority lives just over the border. The main Syrian Kurdish groups say their aim is autonomy, not independence.

SDF spokesman Talal Silo told Reuters the U.S.-led coalition supplied the SDF with armoured vehicles for the first time four or five days ago. Although the number was small, Silo called it a significant shift in support. He declined to give an exact number.

"Previously we didn't get support in this form, we would get light weapons and ammunition," he said. "There are signs of full support from the new American leadership - more than before - for our forces."

He said the vehicles would be deployed in the campaign against Islamic State which has since November focused on Raqqa city, Islamic State's base of operations in central Syria.

The first two phases of the offensive focused on capturing areas to the north and west of Raqqa, part of a strategy to encircle the city.

The third phase would focus on capturing remaining areas, including the road between Raqqa city and Deir al-Zor, the Kurdish military source said.

IS holds nearly all of Deir al-Zor province, where it has been fighting hard in recent weeks to try to capture the last remaining pockets of Syrian government-held territory in Deir al-Zor city.

Cutting off Raqqa city from IS strongholds in Deir al-Zor would be a major blow against the group.

"The coming phase of the campaign aims to isolate Raqqa completely," said the Kurdish military source, who declined to be named. "Accomplishing this requires reaching the Raqqa-Deir al-Zor road," the source said.

"This mission will be difficult."

Silo of the SDF said preparations were underway for "new action" against IS starting in "a few days", but declined to give further details.

(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Janet Lawrence and Sonya Hepinstall)

 

[Solomon2]

The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has supplied its Syrian allies with armored vehicles for the first time, expanding support since U.S. President Donald Trump came to office, a spokesman for the Syrian groups told Reuters on Tuesday.

The armored vehicles and troop carriers had arrived four or five days ago...

Yes, Trump is an avalanche, but I doubt even he can arrange the transfer of armor to Kurds 6,000 miles away after only four days in office!

Arming the Iraqi Kurds was one of Obama's pet projects. He refused Iraqi Arab requests to stop on the simple grounds that the Kurds were reliably fighting and advancing against ISIS. I have no idea if Trump will continue this program.

 

[TheCamelGuy]

So what type of vechile

 

[T-72M1]

Yes, Trump is an avalanche, but I doubt even he can arrange the transfer of armor to Kurds 6,000 miles away after only four days in office!

He might have been working on it with Obama during the transition. I imagine something like increased support for Kurdish forces in Syria might not have been a contentious issue.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Scrap material.

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]

https://twitter.com/x/status/826458866535763968

 

[CrimsonFury]

Will make them easier targets, poor rats are still unaware they are pawns on a chessboard and will be discarded once the dust settles down in Raqqa. Enjoy it while it lasts you whore

 

[HannibalBarca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/826458866535763968

Vehicules passed trough the Turkey - Kobani/ayn al arab border post... and few of them will be used by foreign forces, like the french and Americans... not so free afterall...

 

[Kuwaiti Girl]