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U.S. Launches armed flights over Syria from Turkish base:

The U.S. Military has begun flying armed aircraft over Syria from Turkey, the Pentagon said Monday, a move that could expand its ability to carry out airstrikes to protect U.S.-trained rebels in northern Syria. Ref. Source 2q

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75 U.S.-trained mercenaries enter Syria from Turkey:

Seventy five Syrian rebels trained by the United States and its allies to fight Islamic State have entered northern Syria since Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Ref. Source 8n

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U.S. Gives Up Effort To Train Syrian Opposition Forces:

The $500-million program had once been a linchpin of the strategy to defeat ISIS but so far has proved a fiasco. It was put on hold after a band of fighters turned over their U.S.-supplied equipment to terrorists linked to al Qaeda. Ref. Source 2w

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Pentagon is ending its $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels, official says

Faltering effort to train a moderate Syrian rebel force will shift instead to a plan to support already existing tribal and other forces in Syria, a senior U.S. Official confirmed. Ref. USAToday

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U.S. Delivers 50 tons of ammunition to Syria rebel groups:

U.S. Military cargo planes gave 50 tons of ammunition to rebel groups overnight in northern Syria, using an air drop of 112 pallets as the first step in the Obama Administration's urgent effort to find new ways to support those groups. Ref. Source 1m

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White House announces special forces will be on the ground in Syria

The White House said Friday it would send "Fewer than 50" U.S. Special operations forces to work in Syria to assist local forces there. It is described as a shift, not a major change, in U.S. Policy. Ref. USAToday

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Pentagon's failed Syria program cost $2 million per trainee

Records obtained by USA TODAY show the $500 million effort to train and equip Syrian rebels cost about $2 million per fighter. Out of the $500 million budgeted, $384 million was spent. The program was supposed to train 3,000 fighters a year but only had 180 trained, vetted and equipped fighters, of which only 145 remain. Ref. USAToday

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Did we learn NOTHING from Afghanistan? We'll spend billions of dollars so our troops can get shot at with US-made weapons. Give humanitarian supplies; support them in the UN, if you will. But overthrowing regimes and supporting rebels fails more often than it seems to work. I can hope it will all work out, but I'm suspicious.