The move follows the Pentagon's announcement last week that it would pause a program to train moderate rebels, and instead focus efforts on equipping screened rebel leaders from groups fighting IS.
"Coalition forces conducted an airdrop Sunday in northern Syria to resupply local counter-ISIL ground forces as they conduct operations against ISIL," US Central Command spokesman Colonel Patrick Ryder said in a statement, using an alternative acronym for IS.
"The aircraft delivery included small arms ammunition to resupply counter-ISIL ground forces so that they can continue operations against ISIL."
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a US official told AFP the drop included 50 tons of ammunition...
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L'aviation de transport des Etats-Unis a livré 50 tonnes d'armes et d'équipements qui seront transmis aux rebelles, cette soi-disant "opposition modérée" syrienne. Ce pas représente une tentative de trouver de nouveaux moyens de soutenir cette partie du conflit...
ReplyDeleteUne source venant des milieux politiques a confié à la chaîne CNN, sous couvert d'anonymat, l'information concernant l'opération de livraison de dizaines de tonnes de munitions de la Force aérienne des Etats-Unis.
Plusieurs avions militaires de transport C-17, accompagnés par des avions de combats, ont largué la cargaison contenant les munitions au nord de Hassaké.
Vendredi 9 octobre, le porte-parole du Pentagone Peter Cook a déclaré que Les Etats-Unis allaient désormais fournir des équipements et des armes à des groupes sélectionnés de l'opposition syrienne modérée.............http://sptnkne.ws/T8R
New Syrian rebel alliance formed, says weapons on the way...
ReplyDeleteA Kurdish militia in northern Syria has joined forces with Arab rebels, and their new alliance has been promised fresh weapon supplies by the United States for an assault on Islamic State forces in Raqqa, a spokesman said on Monday.
The alliance calling itself the Democratic Forces of Syria includes the Kurdish YPG militia and Syrian Arab groups, some of which fought alongside it in a campaign that drove Islamic State from wide areas of northern Syria earlier this year.
The Arab groups in the new alliance are operating under the name "The Syrian Arab Coalition" - a grouping which U.S. officials have said would receive support under a new U.S. strategy aimed at fighting Islamic State in Syria.
A spokesman for some of the Arab rebels said they were told by Washington that new weapons were being sent to help them launch a joint offensive on the city of Raqqa.............REUTERS