Kurds Account for 80% of US-Trained Syrian Democratic Forces

Sputnik – 08.03.2016 Kurdish fighters make up roughly 80 percent of US-supported forces in Syria, Commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) said in congressional testimony on Tuesday. “Probably about 80 percent,” Votel stated when asked what percentage of Syrian Democratic Forces were Kurds. The Syrian Democratic Forces is an alliance of mainly Kurdish, but […]