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January 16, 2018

Pentagon to Back Syrian Kurds to Form Border Security Force in Northern Syria
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Its escalation comes as the Pentagon has also indicated it plans to
recruit and train thousands of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria to
form a border security force in northern Syria along the border with
Turkey. U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters already control large swaths
of northern Syria. On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
slammed the United States for the proposal and accused the Syrian Kurds
of being terrorists.


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