{"id":4384,"date":"2018-10-25T21:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2018-10-25T21:08:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:08:19","slug":"us-troops-in-syria-take-fire-from-turkish-proxy-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/10\/25\/us-troops-in-syria-take-fire-from-turkish-proxy-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"US TROOPS IN SYRIA TAKE FIRE FROM TURKISH PROXY FIGHTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3258\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-560x293.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-260x136.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA-160x84.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/US-TROOPS-IN-SYRIA.jpg 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Military Times<\/p>\n<p>By Kyle Rempfer<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. patrol came under fire in the Syrian region of Manbij, allegedly from Turkey\u2019s local proxy forces.<\/p>\n<p>American officials with Operation Inherent Resolve confirmed to Military Times that coalition forces exchanged fire with an unknown armed group on Oct. 15 near Manbij \u2014 a region in northern Syria that has stoked tension between the U.S. and Turkey, both NATO allies, over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTroops were on a patrol with Manbij Civil Council and received gunfire from an unknown source,&#8221; Army Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the Inherent Resolve coalition to defeat the Islamic State, told Military Times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was over quickly and a reminder to stay vigilant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said the coalition patrols in Manbij do not often receive fire. He also did not confirm whether those firing at the Americans were Turkey\u2019s proxy forces.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/24\/us-troops-in-syria-take-take-fire-from-turkish-proxy-fighters\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Military Times By Kyle Rempfer A U.S. patrol came under fire in the Syrian region of Manbij, allegedly from Turkey\u2019s local proxy forces. American officials with Operation Inherent Resolve confirmed to Military Times that coalition forces exchanged fire with an unknown armed group on Oct. 15 near Manbij \u2014 a region in northern Syria&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/10\/25\/us-troops-in-syria-take-fire-from-turkish-proxy-fighters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US TROOPS IN SYRIA TAKE FIRE FROM TURKISH PROXY FIGHTERS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4385,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions\/4385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}