Syria Kurds, Arabs Form Joint Military Force

 

A fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) guards a checkpoint in the Syrian town of Ain Issi, on July 10, 2015 (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)

Syria's leading Kurdish militia and several Arab rebel groups that have fought alongside it have formalised their alliance in a new group called the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The formation of the alliance comes after Washington said it was abandoning a plan to train and equip rebels to fight the Islamic State group and could provide the US with a new partner in the battle against the jihadist group.

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In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry web site, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, a Russian navy ship launches a cruise missile in the Caspian Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)