Turkey: U.S. to end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG

Washington has angered Ankara by providing arms, training and air support to the Syrian Kurdish forces.

KURDISH FIGHTERS from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) run across a street in Raqqa, Syria in July.

KURDISH FIGHTERS from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) run across a street in Raqqa, Syria in July.

(photo credit: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

JANUARY 27, 2018 11:50

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