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July 20, 2017

Syria: CIA to Stop Arming Syrian Rebels
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In Syria, the Trump administration has ended a CIA program to arm and
train Syrian rebels fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad. The
program was a central part of President Obama's Syria strategy. It came
under fire when CIA-backed rebels were routed by Syrian forces and as
U.S. weapons often wound up in the hands of ISIS and al-Qaeda-affiliated
groups. Meanwhile, the journalistic monitoring organization Airwars
reports between seven and 12 civilians died in an alleged coalition
airstrike on Raqqa on Monday. Airwars reports another attack, in Deir
ez-Zor, struck a school and killed three civilians.