Posted on 06/16/2015 3:05:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
AKCAKALE, Turkey—A quick and successful offensive by Kurdish fighters and allied rebels in a northern Syrian town has boosted a U.S.-backed effort to choke off Islamic State’s supply routes.
Emboldened by this week’s recapture of Tal Abyad on the Turkish border, Syrian Kurdish fighters and allied rebels said their next target is Raqqa, Islamic State’s main stronghold about 50 miles south of Tal Abyad. On Monday, these fighters said they had already begun to advance southward toward Raqqa, reaching the town of Ain Issa, only about 30 miles away.
“Now that we have just completed clearing Tal Abyad and the surrounding villages, we will move to liberate Raqqa in the near future. It’s our mission,” said Shervan Darweesh, a spokesman for rebel groups allied with the Syrian Kurdish militia known as YPG.
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Go Kurds....kick ISIS butt..
I wonder if ISIS will move troops from frontline with Assad to fight the Kurds?
God bless the Kurds
There is no front line. Assad trades weapons and money for oil with ISIS.
I don’t suppose there are ways to donate $$$ to help arm the Kurds through private means, are there?
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