- Title: Syrian rebels join Turkish operation against Kurds
- Date: 11th October 2019
- Summary: SYRIAN-TURKISH BORDER AREA, SYRIA (OCTOBER 10, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) SYRIAN REBEL MILITARY VEHICLES PARKED ALONG ROAD MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN ROAD SYRIAN REBEL FORCES GATHERED ON ROAD SIDE SYRIAN REBEL FORCES BOARDING TRUCK GROUP OF REBELS WALKING DOWN ROAD, MILITARY TRUCK DRIVING BY
- Embargoed: 25th October 2019 09:55
- Keywords: Syrian rebels Turkey Syria Kurds Syrian war
- Location: SYRIAN-TURKISH BORDER AREA, SYRIA
- City: SYRIAN-TURKISH BORDER AREA, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0NLAO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Syrian rebel forces joined Turkish troops on Thursday night (October 10) for an operation targeting Kurdish militia in northeast Syria.
The offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) led by Kurdish YPG militia, which began days after Trump pulled U.S. troops out of the way and following a phone call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, opens one of the biggest new fronts in years in an eight-year-old civil war that has drawn in global powers.
The SDF have been the main allies of U.S. forces on the ground in the battle against Islamic State since 2014. They have been holding thousands of captured IS fighters in prisons and tens of thousands of their relatives in detention.
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