MESOP : HAGEL’S WORDS : US says will discuss help to Syrian Kurds

The US defense ministry has stated it will discuss helping the Syrian Kurds with the coalition that is led by the US and is bombing jihadist group in Iraq and Syria.

“We are discussing the way to help our partners,” US Defense Minister Chak Hagel told reporters yesterday. He went on to say that only a group made of Iraqis, Kurds and Syrian oppositions will be able to defeat the militants of the Islamic State (IS) that is controlling a large swathe of Syria and Iraq. “Syria conservative fighters will receive training for the purpose,” General Dempsy said about the ways to defeat the IS militants. He went on to say that selecting ground forces will not be restricted to Kurds in Syria and all attended states will decide about it.