Square Miles: Rights Violations and Square Kilometres

square miles: However, many in both countries are concerned about how the forces bolstered by the coalition will leverage their influence and arms once the militants are vanquished, according to Brandon Sun. Numerous Iraqi groups that benefited from the training and arms have been accused of human rights violations. Weapons, training and airstrikes by the coalition have aided ground forces in both Iraq and Syria, allowing Iraq's military, Iraqi Kurdish fighters and Syrian Kurdish fighters to retake some 55,000 square kilometres 21,235 square miles of territory from the Islamic State extremists in the nearly three-year fight. The Trump administration's decision to provide Syria's Kurds with more advanced weapons has raised concerns among the various players in Syria's complicated battlefield. Coalition spokesman Col. U.S. officials have said new weapons to be supplied would include heavy machine-guns, ammunition, mortars and possibly TOW anti-tank missiles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.