Syrian militants say Washington has increased its arms supplies to them in order to block Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) from creating a supply route between Iraq and Syria.
On Monday, the PMU, also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, reached the Syrian border during their anti-Daesh operations being carried out to the west of Mosul.
They have played a major role in the liberation of Daesh-held areas to the south, northeast and north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, ever since the terrorists launched an offensive in the country in June 2014.
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On Tuesday, a leader of one of the militant groups operating under the US-backed Free Syrian army (FSA) said that there has been an increase in foreign military support. “There’s no way we can let them open the Baghdad-Damascus highway,” said Tlass Salameh.
A commander of another militant group operating with the FSA also announced that since earlier in the month a steady flow of…