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US military says air-drops weapons for Kurdish fighters near Kobane - MIDEAST

US military says air-drops weapons for Kurdish fighters near Kobane

WASHINGTON

The U.S. military said it had air-dropped arms to Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants near Kobane on Oct. 19, in what appeared to be the Pentagon's first public acknowledgment it has delivered lethal aid to the rebels.

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