Rebel fighters target Islamic State, airstrikes intensify
- 10 years ago
Bullets fly as Free Syrian Army and Kurdish fighters target Islamic State sites surrounding the beseiged city of Kobani.
Reuters cannot independently verify this video obtained from a social media website.
As fighters attack Islamic State targets, the aerial bombardment continues for the same purpose - of ridding Syria of Islamic State insurgents.
U.S.-led alliance airplanes are said to be the cause of this destruction in Aleppo. Shot on September 27, video purports to show an elderly man being rescued by civil defense workers.
And here, the aftermath of what is said to be aerial bombing by Syrian regime forces...
A young boy's home, ripped to shreds.
There are no signs the tide is turning in the fight against Islamic State insurgents.
Washington expanded the campaign to Syria last week in an effort to defeat Islamic State fighters, who have also swept through Sunni areas of Iraq.
Reuters cannot independently verify this video obtained from a social media website.
As fighters attack Islamic State targets, the aerial bombardment continues for the same purpose - of ridding Syria of Islamic State insurgents.
U.S.-led alliance airplanes are said to be the cause of this destruction in Aleppo. Shot on September 27, video purports to show an elderly man being rescued by civil defense workers.
And here, the aftermath of what is said to be aerial bombing by Syrian regime forces...
A young boy's home, ripped to shreds.
There are no signs the tide is turning in the fight against Islamic State insurgents.
Washington expanded the campaign to Syria last week in an effort to defeat Islamic State fighters, who have also swept through Sunni areas of Iraq.