the u.s. will supply these kurds with small arms, machine guns, ammunition. those kinds of supplies. but they will do it in a limited fashion. it will all be parcelled out specifically for various missions to re-take raqqah. why, you might ask? well, this is very key, because it is the turks, turkey across the border to the north, that is so opposed to this and of course, turkey, a vital nato ally for the united states. the turks are not fans of any of these rebel forces in the region. some of these factions, the turks consider outright terrorists, there's a lot of different factions there. the u.s. point is the ones that the u.s. is supporting are against isis, are fighting isis, and these are forces that really are in desperate need, it's said, of ammunition and additional arms if they want to take the campaign forward to raqqah and boot isis out of raqqah once and for all, which the u.s. considers a vital military objective.