Sentence examples for directly arm from inspiring English sources

Dempsey encouraged the Iraqi government to directly arm Sunni tribes to withstand Isis's advances through the western Anbar Province.

But Cameron has not yet decided whether he will send arms, and he has said that he would seek approval from parliament for any proposal to directly arm Syria's opposition.

The UK is to directly arm Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and has sent a senior military officer to advise them, prior to what may be a larger Nato-led operation in the region.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is weighing a military plan to directly arm Syrian Kurdish fighters combating the Islamic State, a major policy shift that could speed up the offensive against the terrorist group but also sharply escalate tensions between Turkey and the United States.

The Obama administration formally considers air attacks on Isis near Irbil – the vast majority of the strikes thus far – to be taken in defense of US advisers, diplomats and other citizens in the Kurdish regional capital, although they also have the effect of acting as rough air cover for the Peshmerga, whom the US has now decided to directly arm for the first time.

Friend the prime minister whether Security Council resolution 1973 allows us, under its provision on "all necessary measures", to avoid the arms embargo and directly arm the people who are fighting against Gaddafi in Benghazi and elsewhere?

But out of deference to Turkey, the United States has not directly armed the Kurdish fighters themselves.

Some officials also accuse the peacekeepers of directly arming or equipping a group of parties known as the Turkmen Front and of providing it with intelligence.

The United States should be doing more — directly arming the rebels seeking overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, establishing a no-fly zone.

The training program, which in 2013 began directly arming the rebels under the code name Timber Sycamore, is run by the C.I.A. and several Arab intelligence services and aimed at building up forces opposing President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

Months later, Mr. Obama gave his approval for the C.I.A. to begin directly arming and training the rebels from a base in Jordan, amending the Timber Sycamore program to allow lethal assistance.