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      USA: Training begins for Syrian forces as part of "counter-ISIL efforts" – Ashton Carter00:42

      USA: Training begins for Syrian forces as part of "counter-ISIL efforts" – Ashton Carter

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      May 8, 2015 at 12:32 GMT +00:00 · Published

      United States Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter announced that combat training has begun "for a company-sized group" from the "new Syrian forces," in what he described as a "critical and a complex part of our [America's] counter-ISIL efforts" in Washington DC, Thursday. Carter added that he expects a second group to begin training "in the next few weeks."

      It is reported that the number of Syrian soldiers involved in the training programme currently stands at around 90 and that it is taking place in Jordan.

      General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also spoke at the press conference.

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      United States Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter announced that combat training has begun "for a company-sized group" from the "new Syrian forces," in what he described as a "critical and a complex part of our [America's] counter-ISIL efforts" in Washington DC, Thursday. Carter added that he expects a second group to begin training "in the next few weeks."

      It is reported that the number of Syrian soldiers involved in the training programme currently stands at around 90 and that it is taking place in Jordan.

      General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also spoke at the press conference.

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