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US Drops Weapons to Kurds in Kobani Weeks after Airstrikes

US Drops Weapons to Kurds in Kobani Weeks after Airstrikes
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The US military said on Sunday that it had dropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish forces battling to hold the Syrian border town of Kobani against the so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] terrorists.

US Drops Weapons to Kurds in Kobani Weeks after Airstrikes The airdrops were the first of their kind and followed weeks of US and coalition airstrikes in and near Kobani. US Central Command [CentCom) said earlier Sunday that it had launched 11 airstrikes overnight in the area.

CentCom said US C-130 cargo planes made multiple drops of arms and supplies provided by Kurdish authorities in Iraq. It said they were intended to enable continued resistance to Daesh efforts to take full control of Kobani.

Meanwhile, in a conference call with reporters after CentCom announced the airdrops, senior administration officials said three C-130 planes dropped 27 bundles of small arms, ammunition and medical supplies. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House.

One official said that while the results of the mission are still being assessed, it appeared that "the vast majority" of the supplies reached the intended Kurdish fighters.

US President Barack Obama called Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday to discuss the situation in Syria and notify him of the plan to make airdrops on Sunday, one administration official told reporters.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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