{"id":2419,"date":"2017-07-18T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2017-07-18T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T19:50:21","slug":"turkish-backed-forces-clash-with-kurdish-fighters-in-nortwest-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/07\/18\/turkish-backed-forces-clash-with-kurdish-fighters-in-nortwest-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKISH-BACKED FORCES CLASH WITH KURDISH FIGHTERS IN NORTWEST SYRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2420\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-560x373.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-260x173.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS-160x107.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/TURKISH-TANKS.jpeg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Yahoo News (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">Turkish-backed rebels clashed with Kurdish fighters from a U.S.-backed alliance in northwestern Syria on Monday in escalating violence between the two sides, officials and a monitoring group said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">The clashes took place around the village of Ain Daqna and the nearby Menagh air base north of Aleppo, while Turkish forces stepped up shelling positions in other areas, the officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\">&#8220;There are big clashes happening on the Ain Daqna axis, between us and the Turks and their mercenaries,&#8221; Rojhat Roj, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG militia said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/turkish-backed-forces-clash-kurdish-fighters-northwest-syria-112051018.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Yahoo News (Reuters) Turkish-backed rebels clashed with Kurdish fighters from a U.S.-backed alliance in northwestern Syria on Monday in escalating violence between the two sides, officials and a monitoring group said. 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