The Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve confirmed in a tweet that joint patrols with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) continue.
Regular patrols resumed on Friday after being reduced following an increase in
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KABOOM!...
s on Rojava.
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
launched its latest aerial campaign dubbed Operation Claw-Sword targeting Kurdish positions in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region on November 20. The operation has led to a barrage of dozens of drones and airstrikes targeting the SDF, which presents a danger to US personnel as they maintain a presence in the proximity of the area.
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...said last week that a ground operation would take place "soon."
US officials have repeatedly called for de-escalation as it would be detrimental to the efforts underway to combat the terror group.
Hundreds of US troops are stationed in northern Syria as part of their fight alongside the SDF against ISIS.
UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that joint patrols continued intense security operations in Deir ez-Zor, adding that in November, around 30 people were arrested for having suspected ties to ISIS.