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US has trained only 'four or five' Syrian fighters against Isis, top general testifies
A $500m effort to train Syrian forces against the Islamic State has resulted in only a handful of fighters actively battling the jihadi army, the top military commander overseeing the war has testified. “We’re talking four or five,” General Lloyd Austin, commander of US Central Command, told a dissatisfied Senate armed services committee on Wednesday. The training initiative is Barack Obama’s linchpin for retaking Syrian territory from Isis.
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