U.S.-led airstrikes aid Nusra against ISIS
U.S.-led aircraft have for the first time bombed ISIS fighters as they battled rival Syrian rebels including the Nusra Front, an activist group said Sunday, The Daily Star reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described the overnight raids in northern Aleppo as an intervention on the side of the rival rebels, which include forces who have been targeted previously by U.S.-led strikes.
“The coalition carried out at least four strikes overnight targeting ISIS positions in the town of Suran,” the Britain-based Observatory said.
“It’s the first time that the international coalition has supported non-Kurdish opposition forces fighting ISIS,” Observatory director Rami Abdel-Rahman told AFP.
He said at least eight ISIS fighters were killed in the strikes and another 20 were wounded.