YPG& CIA-backed FSA clash, as YPG begins operation east from Afrin (8 фев 2016 г. – 14 фев 2016 г.)

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CRITICAL JUNCTURE: CLASHING GOALS (YPG wants to connect Afrin w/ Kobani)

DEFIANCE/INSUBORDINATION on part of both YPG and armed FSA (https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/ResearchNote32-Barfi.pdf, p. 4-5)

*but were the FSA units still under CIA tutelage?

US Defense Department says that they are concerned YPG is focusing on "other things" but that they "understand it"; that US would prefer YPG to stop fighting other groups and start fighting ISIS: https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/657450/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-colwarren-via-teleconference-from-baghd/

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