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US to abandon training new Syria rebel groups
October 09, 2015
The US is to end its efforts to train new Syrian rebel forces and says it will shift to providing equipment and weapons to existing forces.
Its $500m programme was heavily criticised after it emerged that US-trained rebels had handed vehicles and ammunition over to extremists.It emerged last month that only four or five of the fighters were in Syria.
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