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US condemned over plans to grab control over Syria's borders

SYRIA, Russia and Turkey slammed the US yesterday over plans to grab control of Syria’s borders using proxy forces.

The US-led Inherent Resolve military coalition said on Saturday it had recruited 230 gunmen from the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces for its “border security force.”

It aims to up that number to 30,000, ostensibly to prevent the Isis death cult crossing the borders with Turkey and Iraq.

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