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White House Approves Arms For Kurdish YPG Fighters

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On Tuesday, a US official told Reuters the White House has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters. Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, the White House will support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State. The official has no confirmed or disclosed just how soon arms would start being delievered to Kurdish fighters. Ankara, the capital of Turkey sees the move as an extension of PKK militia, carrying out an uprising on Turkish soil.

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