US-backed Syrian forces halt counter-Islamic State operations
"The SDF stopped the anti-ISIS operations because it's impossible to carry out any operation while you are being threatened by a large army right on the northern border," said Kurdish sources.
SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC Forces celebrate the first anniversary of Raqqa province’s liberation from ISIS, in Raqqa, Syria, in October 2018.(photo credit: ABOUD HAMAM / REUTERS)ByREUTERS