A U.S. soldier discusses the 240B machine gun to a group of Turkish soldiers during a rehearsal event Oct. 9, 2018, in Gaziantep, Turkey. (Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster/Army)
Middle East Monitor: US-Turkey forces begin training of joint patrols for Syria’s Manbij
Military training for joint US-Turkish patrols around the Syrian city of Manbij have begun this week, Pentagon reporters were told by the spokesman for the US-led Coalition against the Islamic State (Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve) Col. Sean Ryan on Tuesday.
The training programme is being led by the US military in order to instruct Turkish officers in tactics of patrol to prepare their soldiers for the joint mission, in what has been labelled the “train-the-trainer” programme.
Speaking to the news organisation Kurdistan 24, Col. Ryan said that currently “they’re just going through all the different classes and all the different instruction that both parties need to fully complement each other before they go out on an actual patrol.”
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Update: US, Turkey to soon begin joint patrols in north Syria (AP)
WNU Editor: I see these joint patrols as a temporary solution. Turkey wants the Kurds out, and they want it done ASAP.
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Yes, but it's a good thing that they (US and Turkey) are working together. Tired of the invasion or kick out the US rhetoric.
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