We asked CJTF-OIR about a letter purportedly giving a Free Syrian Army brigade authority to take control of of a large area around Tall Rifaat from the SDF
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Col. John Dorrian, spokesperson for CJTF-OIR, briefs reporters on coalition actions in Syria and Iraq
US President Donald Trump approved a Pentagon plan to arm the Kurdish groups within the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting Islamic State in Syria.
Journalists and activists posted imagery of US Stryker armoured vehicles in northern Syria on Friday, April 28, claiming they were near the Turkish border
Following reports of a second day of Turkish shelling of positions in northern Syria
Reports have circulated that the YPG paused operations near Raqqa. Grasswire sought confirmation from the coalition but the response was later contradicted
Col. John Dorrian, spokesperson for CJTF-OIR, briefs reporters on coalition actions in Syria and Iraq,
YPG spokesperson told Grasswire that the US-led coalition must "give real guarantees" and that it "cannot be silent" on Turkish airstrikes
The Turkish army has retaliated after it said the YPG in Syria fired two mortar shells fired at military posts in Hatay province on April 26.
France said on April 26 that it had concluded that the April 4 attack against civilians in the Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun involved the use of sarin.