US Airdrops 50 Tons of Ammunition to Syria Rebels

The United States airdropped 50 tons of small arms ammunition Sunday to rebels in northern Syria, a U.S. defense official told VOA. The move supports the Pentagon’s recent decision to “pause” its failed Syrian rebel train-and-equip program. Instead of training and equipping moderate rebel fighters outside of Syria, White House officials announced Friday the program would ramp up materiel support to trusted units fighting on Syrian battlefields, while training only rebel leaders in...

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