U.S. drops 50 tons of ammunition to Syrian Arab groups fighting ISIS

On Sunday, the U.S. dropped 50 tons of small-arms ammunition to Syrian Arab forces fighting Islamic State along the Turkish border in northern Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said Monday.

Col. Steve Warren said the ammunition, which included bullets and hand grenades, was delivered to resupply ground forces whose leaders "were appropriately vetted by the United States." For security purposes, he would not divulge the names of the groups or where they are, but he did say they have been fighting alongside Syrian Kurdish forces. "Over the past several months, enabled by coalition airstrikes, ammunition, and materiel, tens of thousands of counter-ISIL forces have driven ISIL from their strongholds along the northern border with Turkey," he said. "This airdrop seeks to build on the success those forces have had clearing ISIL from Syrian territory."

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