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American IDF veteran Jonathan Leibovits (center) in Syria fighting alongside YPG forges against IS jihadists in 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)
July 22, 2018, 2:30 am
Ex-IDF soldier from California sneaked into Syria to fight Islamic State
Jonathan Leibovits says training from his days in the Givati Brigade helped prepare him for battle to capture key city of Manbij from jihadists
By TOI staff
In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a US-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a US position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
July 16, 2018, 6:36 am
Last of Kurdish militia leave Syria’s Manbij to defuse Turkey tensions
Ankara had threatened to advance toward northern city to oust YPG fighters, who had stayed after defeating IS, raising fears of clash with US and French troops also stationed there
By AFP
A Turkish military truck carries a tank as it is dispatched to the border in Hatay, near the Turkey-Syria border, on January 31, 2018. (OZAN KOSE/AFP)
February 4, 2018, 4:16 pm
Turkey warns US troops may be fired on as Syria offensive widens
Deputy Prime Minister Bozdag says American troops wearing uniforms of Washington-allied, Ankara-opposed Kurdish militias could be accidentally targeted
By AFP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses local administrators in Ankara, Turkey, January 24, 2018. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Pool Photo via AP)
January 24, 2018, 5:37 pm
Turkey vows to widen offensive against Syrian Kurds
President Erdogan’s determination to eradicate Kurdish militias from border area brings his troops closer to US forces
By Suzan Fraser and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
In this February 22, 2015, file photo, Turkish military vehicles and tanks drive in the Syrian town of Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Mursel Coban, Depo Photos, File)
March 12, 2017, 3:24 am
Turkey’s determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia
Ankara’s move against Kurdish-held Manbij has brought rare agreement between Moscow and Washington – and led US troops into the fray
By Sarah El Deeb
Manbij Military Council forces, part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), drive a humvee as they patrol the surrounding roads of in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on March 3, 2017. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
March 4, 2017, 3:51 pm
Tens of thousands flee clashes between Syria army, IS
Local authorities in ravaged north struggle to shelter 40,000 civilians displaced by regime’s Russia-backed offensive to oust jihadists
By Delil Souleiman and Layal Abou Rahal
A Turkish army tank stationed near the Syrian border, in Suruc, Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. (AP Photo)
September 4, 2016, 10:15 pm
Turkey says IS has lost all territory along its Syria border
Islamic group now surrounded by hostile forces; supply lines used to bring in recruits and supplies severed
By Bassem Mroue and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview with American network NBC News, in Damascus, Syria, July 14, 2016. (SANA via AP)
August 24, 2016, 4:36 pm
Damascus condemns Turkish incursion into Syria
Syrian foreign ministry says battle in Jarabulus ‘not a fight against terrorism like Turkey claims’
By AFP and AP
A Turkish army tank drives toward Syria in the Turkish border city of Karkamis, in the southern region of Gaziantep, August 24, 2016. (AFP/BULENT KILIC)
August 24, 2016, 12:23 pm
Turkish tanks roll into Syria to confront Islamic State
President Erdogan says operation aims to uproot jihadist group and Syrian Kurdish rebels, ‘put an end’ to border problems
By AP and AFP
Islamic State fighters flee the Syrian town of Manbij using civilians as human shields (Courtey SDF)
August 20, 2016, 8:07 am
Photos show IS forces fleeing while using human shields
New pictures from freed Syrian city of Manbij depict convoy of escaping jihadists as they surround themselves with innocents
By TOI staff and AFP
A woman burns a full-body covering in the street as residents celebrate the retreat of Islamic State in Manbij, Syria, August 2016 (YouTube screenshot)
August 14, 2016, 7:04 pm
Liberated from IS, Syrian women burn burqas, men buzz beards
In terror group’s former stronghold of Manbij, one cheering woman shouts as she sets veil alight: ‘To hell with whoever invented this thing’
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Syrian woman hugs a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter after the coalition force freed the town on Manbij from IS control, August 13 2016. (Screenshot/K24)
August 13, 2016, 4:33 pm
Syrian civilians rejoice after being freed from IS control
Coalition forces retake former terror group stronghold of Manbij; operations continue to root out remaining militants
By Agencies
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) indicates a safe street to civilians fleeing the zones controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group on August 7, 2016 in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a day after SDF retook it from IS. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
August 13, 2016, 2:06 pm
Coalition reclaims former IS stronghold in Syria
Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces say they have taken full control of Manbij, searching town for extremists
By AP
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Islamic State's bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, on June 23, 2016. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
August 13, 2016, 1:14 pm
IS frees hundreds of abducted civilians in north Syria
Meanwhile, as Iraqi forces make significant gains across country, locals struggle to rebuild cities shattered by jihadists
By Agencies
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) indicates a safe street to civilians fleeing the zones controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group on August 7, 2016 in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a day after SDF retook it from IS. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
August 12, 2016, 8:30 pm
Islamic State abducts 2,000 civilians in north Syria
Terror group uses human shields to deter attacks by Syrian Democratic Forces as its fighters flee former stronghold of Manbij
By Rouba El Husseini and Layal Abu Rahal
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