US congressmen intend to expand the Pentagon's "training and equipping" program for the Syrian armed opposition, RIA Novosti.
The corresponding section is included in the draft US defense budget for 2019 year.
This section will expand and modify section 1209 ... by expanding the program “training and equipping” in Syria. This section will require the President of the United States to submit to the Congressional Defense Committees a plan ... which will describe the efforts, which the United States will undertake to train and build forces, duly verified, says the draft.
The plan also includes details of the 'equipment accountability measures', provided to the Syrian forces ". Besides, the document contains instructions on how, how to evaluate the effectiveness of forces and the necessary conditions for determining whether, that the group “Islamic State” (IG, banned in Russia) has been "properly neutralized".
earlier it was reported, that the training and equipment of the Syrian opposition units is carried out at the US military base, located in the garrison of At-Tanf. In addition, American special forces are supporting the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDS) in the provinces of Raqqa, El-Hasake and Deir ez-Zor.
