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| US forces in Turkey hit ISIS in Syria with rocket fire - envoy | US forces in Turkey hit ISIS in Syria with rocket fire - envoy |
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| Washington has deployed mobile rocket artillery in the south of Turkey in order to target Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants in Syria, a special US envoy said on Saturday. This is the first reported rocket strikes delivered by US into Syria. | |
| The US forces hit IS positions close to the Syrian border with Turkey last night, having launched the attack on terrorists with a "newly deployed" High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), the US-led anti-IS coalition's special presidential envoy, Brett McGurk said on Twitter. | The US forces hit IS positions close to the Syrian border with Turkey last night, having launched the attack on terrorists with a "newly deployed" High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), the US-led anti-IS coalition's special presidential envoy, Brett McGurk said on Twitter. |
| The American embassy in Turkey confirmed the HIMARS deployment, calling it "the latest step in US-Turkey cooperation" in fighting the terror group in the region. | The American embassy in Turkey confirmed the HIMARS deployment, calling it "the latest step in US-Turkey cooperation" in fighting the terror group in the region. |
| Ankara and Washington have reportedly held discussions regarding the deployment of US rocket launchers in Turkey since the spring. | |
| READ MORE: US denies it failed to provide 'agreed' air cover to Turkish & FSA forces attacked by ISIS | |
| However, it was not immediately clear whether the system had been deployed at the Turkish border with Syria, Reuters reported. | |
| The US-led coalition has been fighting IS militants in Syria and Iraq since 2014. | |
| The American forces have been largely carrying out airstrikes at terrorists targets in the region. Washington has also been involved in what it calls a training mission on the ground, providing local forces with weapons and expertise to fight the jihadists. | |
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