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Pentagon: Operations Against ISIS in Syria _Paused_ as Kurdish Troops Shift to Fight Turkish Forces
(AP-Military Times) Robert Burns - U.S.-backed ground operations against Islamic State in eastern Syria have been put on hold because Kurdish troops who had spearheaded the combat have shifted to fight Turkish forces attacking the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin, Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said Monday. The "operational pause" is an explicit sign that Turkey's intervention is hindering the U.S. effort to finish off ISIS in Syria.