For Syrian Rebels, Kurds, Suspicions Grow

President Barack Obama told reporters Monday at the Pentagon his strategy for defeating Islamic State (IS) militants will take time to work, and there is no substitute for working through indigenous forces in the region. One of the biggest challenges for Washington, however, is getting those indigenous forces to trust each other, and political activists say that is getting harder in Syria. Mutual suspicion between mainly Arab rebel militias and Kurds is deepening as Kurdish-led forces...

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