U.S. weighs expanded CIA training, arming of Syrian allies struggling against Assa
A rebel fighter readies a mortar during clashes with regime forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 31, 2014. Syria accused Turkey on October 30, of a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty, as Ankara allowed Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters and opposition rebels to cross its border to battle jihadists. AFP PHOTO/KARAM AL-MASRIKARAM AL-MASRI/AFP/Getty Images (Karam Al-Masri/AFP/Getty Images)
By Greg Miller and Karen DeYoung
The Obama administration has been weighing plans to escalate the CIA’s role in arming and training fighters in Syria, a move aimed at accelerating covert U.S. support to moderate rebel factions while the Pentagon is preparing to establish its own training bases, U.S. officials said.
U.S. Weighs Expanded CIA Training, Arming of Syrian Allies Struggling Against Assad by Thavam Ratna
U.S. Weighs Expanded CIA Training, Arming of Syrian Allies Struggling Against Assad by Thavam Ratna
