For first time in conflict, Assad launches airstrikes on US-backed Kurds

The YPG makes up a significant portion of the US-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish and Arab alliance that fights against Islamic State insurgents in Syria.

A militiaman of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Tel Tawil village, northeast Syria, fires an anti-aircraft weapon in the direction of Islamic State fighters

(photo credit: RODI SAID / REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

AUGUST 18, 2016 16:49

Updated: AUGUST 18, 2016 17:56

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