Additional New Syrian Forces deployed to Syria

TAMPA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

09.21.2015

Courtesy Story

U.S. Central Command Public Affairs           

TAMPA, Fla. – Approximately 70 graduates of the Counter-ISIL Coalition’s Syria Train and Equip program have successfully re-entered Syria complete with their weapons and equipment and are currently operating as New Syrian Forces.

With support from the coalition, the NSF will fight alongside vetted opposition forces and employ their training and equipment acquired through the T&E program to enhance the efforts of these larger units already in the fight against ISIL.

The contributions of the NSF will be additive to those already being made in Syria by tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds, Sunni Arabs, and other anti-ISIL forces, who have re-secured more than 17,000 square km. of territory previously held by ISIL, along with critical border crossing points between Syria and Turkey. While the NSF do not operate under the command and control of the coalition, we will continue to support and enable them as part of the ongoing campaign to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

• Date Taken: 09.21.2015
• Date Posted: 09.21.2015 20:11
• Story ID: 176793
• Location: TAMPA, FLORIDA, US