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Some US-backed Kurdish fighters return to fight IS: coalition
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Kurdish members of the Syrian Democratic Forces - made up of Kurds, Syrian Arabs and other groups - had quit the Middle Euphrates River Valley in February after ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... sent troops into Syria and launched an operation against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in its Afrin enclave. Turkey drove the group from the city March 18. The sudden departure of SDF fighters resulted in a slow-down in missions against ISIS in two remaining islamic Death Eater pockets along the river. "We are encouraged by the return of some Syrian Democratic Force partners to the Middle Euphrates River Valley," said Colonel Ryan Dillon, a front man for the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. "More combat power is returning to Euphrates River Valley to really turn it on to the ISIS elements," he added. Dillon did not provide any details on the numbers of fighters returning. The United States has since late 2014 led an international coalition to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... recently threw America's commitment to Syria into doubt, especially after ISIS is defeated, when he said he wanted US forces out as soon as possible. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-25 |
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