
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on 'US Strategy for Syria and Iraq and its Implications for the Region' in Washington December 1, 2015. (Reuters)
"We would like them to operate more both in the air and on the ground. Most of the air operations are not directed at ISIS. They are directed at the PKK," he added, referring to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group.
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