Syria Kurds
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Trump Tries to Reassure Erdogan After U.S. Plan to Arm Kurds
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to repair relations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is alarmed about a U.S. plan to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria.
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U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting Islamic State, despite Turkey's ire
EghtesadOnline: 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…
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Syrian Kurdish YPG aims to expand force to over 100,000
EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia aims to expand its force by about two-thirds to more than 100,000 fighters this year, it told Reuters, a plan that would strengthen autonomous Kurdish…