Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the U.S. training mission for Syrian rebels will begin this week in Turkey, training 300 rebels at a time and as many as 2,000 by the end of the year. The program is planned to expand to training sites in other participating countries soon, but there is disagreement within the international coalition about what the goal of the rebels should be.
In Iraq, the Islamic State is tightening its siege of the Bayji oil refinery. Iraqi forces there say that they are running low on supplies and in need of reinforcements. One told reporters …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
