(Wall Street Journal) Raja Abdulrahim and Noam Raydan - Syrian regime warplanes launched airstrikes against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria on Thursday. Among those hit were members of a U.S.-backed mixed Kurdish and Arab force that has been battling Islamic State. The Syrian regime had mostly withdrawn from the Kurdish areas early in the war, but in recent months the two sides have clashed more frequently, though Syrian airstrikes against the Kurds are almost unheard of.
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