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Video. US to arm Syrian Kurds in battle with ISIL to retake Raqqa

Updated: 09/05/2017 - 23:33 GMT+2

Despite objections from NATO ally Turkey, the Pentagon is to supply weapons to Kurdish YPG forces battling ISIL militants in Syria.

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