{"id":12912,"date":"2016-10-03T10:28:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T10:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=12912"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T10:32:28","slug":"turkey-15-turkish-backed-rebels-killed-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/turkey-15-turkish-backed-rebels-killed-fighting.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: 15 Turkish-Backed Rebels Killed in Fighting With IS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Turkey: 15 Turkish-Backed Rebels Killed in Fighting With IS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Turkey: 15 Turkish-Backed Rebels Killed in Fighting With IS<\/strong> : ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish military officials say 15 Syrian opposition fighters have been killed in an ongoing battle with Islamic State militants in northern Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The officials also say that about 35 Syrian rebels have been wounded in the fighting, which seeks to capture seven residential districts south of the town of al-Rai. According to a statement emailed Monday, &#8220;intense&#8221; clashes had taken place in the regions of Boztepe, Hardanah and Turkmen Bari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The statement says the casualties took place over the last 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Turkey sent troops and tanks into Syria in August to help Syrian rebels re-take IS strongholds near the border and curb the advance of Syrian Kurdish militia, which Ankara accuses of links with Turkey&#8217;s outlawed Kurdish rebels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Turkish officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Source :<\/strong> http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2016\/10\/03\/world\/middleeast\/ap-syria.html?_r=0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/turkey-15-turkish-backed-rebels-killed-fighting.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey: 15 Turkish-Backed Rebels Killed in Fighting With IS Turkey: 15 Turkish-Backed Rebels Killed in Fighting With IS : ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish military officials say 15 Syrian opposition fighters have been killed in an ongoing battle with Islamic State militants in northern Syria. 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