AFRIN, Syria -- In Syria, some food and medicine finally reached
civilians in Eastern Ghouta Monday, the rebel-held town outside
Damascus, where 700 people have been killed by Syrian airstrikes in the
past two weeks. In the north, it's ally versus ally: the Kurds --
America's most effective partner against the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) -- are now fighting Turkey. Throughout Syria's seven-year
war, the city of Afrin was untouched, but not anymore. Since January,
Turkey has been targeting the ethnic Kurds who live here with airstrikes
and shelling. It sees the Kurdish forces as a terrorist group on their
border. While Afrin is under Kurdish control, it's in Syrian territory,
so President
Source: Yahoo News
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