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Sunday, August 28, 2016
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Syrian rebels advance on Kurds in dramatic escalation of ‘Euphrates Shield’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkey-backed Syrian rebels seize a number of villages and towns from Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria amid Turkish airstrikes and shelling that have killed at least 35 people, mostly civilians, according to rebels and a monitoring group.
Turkey sent tanks across the border to help Syrian rebels drive the Islamic State group out of the frontier town of Jarablus last week in a dramatic escalation of its involvement in the Syrian civil war.
The operation, labeled Euphrates Shield, is also aimed at pushing back US-allied Kurdish forces. The fighting pits a NATO ally against a US-backed proxy that is the most effective ground forces battling IS in Syria.
Turkish officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
— AP
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