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Posted on 05/01/2017 4:09:38 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a strategically vital town controlling Syria's largest dam, hemming the militants into the remaining modern district along the shore.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance made up of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighting groups, are fighting a multi-phased campaign to drive Islamic State from its stronghold of Raqqa, 40km (25 miles) downstream and east of Tabqa.
The SDF will wait to assault Raqqa until it seizes Tabqa, its military officials have previously said, but it had made slow progress since besieging the town in early April.
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I guess we know where there next Turkish airstrike will be...
“I guess we know where there next Turkish airstrike will be...”
Trump should tell Erdrogan we are embedding our Special Forces with the Kurds. Try to bomb them again and we will shoot down your plans Nato Country be damned.
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Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised if we did have soldiers embedded with the Kurds. Turkey needs to be expelled from NATO, only democratic countries should be accepted.
And a lot of this is geopolitical; we do need to protect the Kurds. But if NATO and the US pulled out of Turkey, you can bet they have a suitor in the wings. It's a joke to think Putin has acted against Erdogan, the two have largely sucked up to each other.
That said, human rights in Turkey is being taken to the UN, I know the UN is seen as largely weak; but it's something.
Russia discussing selling long range missiles to Turkey. S-400s, I won’t post from RT, but it is in the news.
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