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An armored military vehicle drives past a wall along the border between Turkey and Syria, near the southeastern village of Besarslan, in Hatay province, Turkey, November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Umit BektasREUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (L) and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (C), join forces to fight ISIS militants in Kobani, Syria, on November 19, 2014 (AP Photo/Jake Simkin, File)
New Syrian rebel alliance formed, says weapons on the way
Amman and Beirut, Reuters—A Kurdish militia in northern Syria has joined forces with Arab rebels, and their new alliance has been promised fresh weapon supplies by the United States for an assault on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces in Raqqa, a...Caption:
A United States Air Force cargo plane maneuvers on the runway after it landed at the İncirlik Airbase, on the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Turkish cabinet approves deal to open İncirlik Airbase for US-led anti-ISIS coalition
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey’s cabinet on Wednesday formally approved a deal to open up the İncirlik Airbase for use by jets from the US-led coalition targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to Reuters, Washington and Ankara have now signed a...Caption:
Members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) take position in a classroom in the village of Ma’arouf in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah on July 16, 2015, as they battle Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters. (AFP PHOTO / YOUSSEF KARWASHAN)
ISIS used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor
Beirut, Reuters—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. Two UK-based...Caption:
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters march through the streets of the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on January 2, 2014. (Reuters/Yaser Al-Khodor)