US to Supply Kurdish Fighters in Syria Heavy Machine Guns, Mortars - Coalition

© REUTERS / Rodi SaidUS military commander (R) walks with a commander (C) from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as they inspect the damage at YPG headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017.
US military commander (R) walks with a commander (C) from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as they inspect the damage at YPG headquarters after it was hit by Turkish airstrikes in Mount Karachok near Malikiya, Syria April 25, 2017. - Sputnik International
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The United States will soon begin arming the Kurdish forces in Syria fighting Daesh with ammunition, small arms, heavy machine guns and mortars.

A Kurdish People's Protection Unit(YPG) fighter stands near a wall which activists say was put up by Turkish authorities, on the Syria-Turkey border in the western Syrian countryside of Ras al-Ain on February 2, 2016 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States will soon begin arming the Kurdish forces in Syria fighting Daesh with ammunition, small arms, heavy machine guns and mortars, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. John Dorrian said during a briefing on Wednesday.

"So what we are talking about here is ammunition, small arms, heavy machine guns and mortars will be included," Dorrian told reporters.

On Tuesday, the US Defense Department announced that President Donald Trump approved a plan to arm YPG, the Syrian Kurdish PYD party's affiliate, fighting Daesh terrorists in Syria.

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