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_aWilgenburg, Wladimir van
245 _aU.S. Backing Gives Kurds Cover for United Federal Region in Northern Syria
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300 _aRecurso online
520 _aAfter months of negotiation, the United States finally gave the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - which is dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and includes the Syrian Arab Coalition (SAC) – the green light to launch its offensive to take the Syrian town of Manbij, a key Islamic State (IS) stronghold northwest of Aleppo. The operation began on May 31, coming only after General Joseph Votel, the head of U.S. Central Command, visited both the Syrian Kurds on May 21 and Turkish officials on May 23 (ARAnews, May 22; Hurriyet, May 25).
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_aEstados Unidos de América
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773 0 _6http://www.jamestown.org/uploads/media/TM_June_13__2016.pdf
_aTerrorism Monitor
_g. -- Vol. XIV Issue 12 (June 2016) p. 8-10
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_tTerrorism Monitor
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