Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 18:20 AFP — The United States sought to play down a diplomatic rift with Turkey on Friday after US commandos were caught on camera wearing Kurdish rebel badges.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 17:28 AFP — US special operations forces photographed in Syria wearing the insignia of Kurdish troops considered terrorists by Turkey have been ordered to remove the patches, a military spokesman said Friday.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 15:08 AFP — Turkey on Friday accused its NATO ally the United States of "unacceptable" behaviour after US commandos in Syria were pictured assisting a Kurdish militia that is branded a terror group by Ankara and even wearing their insignia.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 11:42 AFP — Turkey on Friday accused the United States of hypocrisy after US commandos in Syria were pictured supporting a major ground offensive led by a Kurdish militia branded a terror group by Ankara.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 10:28 AFP — Turkey on Friday accused the United States of hypocrisy after US commandos in Syria were pictured supporting a major ground offensive led by a Kurdish militia branded a terror group by Ankara.

Friday, 27 May, 2016 , 09:58 AFP — Turkey on Friday accused the United States of hypocrisy after US commandos in Syria were photographed supporting a major ground offensive led by a Kurdish militia.

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Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 18:08 AFP — A Kurdish-Arab forces launched a major assault against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa province Tuesday and Iraqi forces advanced on it in Fallujah, piling pressure on the jihadists in two strongholds.

Tuesday, 24 May, 2016 , 15:36 AFP — A US-backed alliance of Kurdish-Arab fighters has started to clear Islamic State fighters from the area north of Raqa, the jihadists' de facto capital, a US official confirmed Tuesday.