BEIRUT (Reuters) - 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.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Observatory, said the rebels had crossed into Syria from Turkey with 12 vehicles equipped with machine guns.
A top U.S. general told Congress on Wednesday that only four or five Syrian rebels trained under the program aimed at fighting Islamic State were still fighting in Syria.
The U.S. military began training in May for up to 5,400 fighters a year, in what was seen as a test of President Barack Obama's strategy of having local partners combat Islamic State militants and keep U.S. troops off the front lines.
(Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Mark Potter)
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Yeah give them funds/training & after one year put them in terrorist list & start bombing them..instead of stopping this practice of funding/training they introduce new groups & terrorist to make the issue more & more complex !!
• in Syria,Libya they trained & funded terrorists against dictators & when Isis emerged then they start bombing their own proxies..again more freedom fighters on their way to defeat Isis & later they will make a new group & start threatening west & then you know what these morons will do !!
• I think they won't learn any lesson from past !
