BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities who control a growing area of Syria have ambitious spending plans for their territory, pointing to the rising influence of a minority that believes it is the real target of Turkey's intervention in the Syrian war.
The Kurdish-led administration has already redrawn the map of northern Syria and its militia, the People's Protection Units (YPG), is gaining further ground from Islamic State, helped by air support from a U.S.-led alliance.
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