1 online resource (24 pages) : color map, color photographs
Contents
Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Syria: Special Operations Forces and the Task at Hand -- How We Got Here: Tensions with Turkey about Strategy -- Train and Equip: Seeking to Close the Pocket with Arab Forces -- Russian Counter-Escalation: Manbij and the Turkish Plan for Raqqa -- Turkish Counter-Escalation: Forecasting Ankara's Response -- Matching Actions and Objectives: Lessons Learned from Militia Building in Syria -- Conclusion: The Next Steps and the Forthcoming Challenges -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments
Summary
"This report is based on a series of interviews with US officials and details two efforts to achieve US objectives to take back territory from ISIS in Syria--with elements trained in Turkey, as part of the Train and Equip program, and through the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the dominant local force in northeastern Syria"--Publisher's description
Notes
"July 10, 2017"--Table of contents page
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Atlantic Council, viewed July 13, 2017)
