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Turkish Air Force Pounds US-Backed Rebel Positions In Iraq & Syria, Killing Dozens

ATurkish fighter jet flies above the Incirlik airbase, southern Turkey. (AP/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Turkish warplanes carried out a series of coordinated attacks against US-allied Kurdish forces in both northern Iraq and northeastern Syria today, killing more than 70 people, including at least 18 troops loyal to the Kurdish YPG, and pounding the area around the Iraqi city of Sinjar.