LA TIMES: …“To say that the coalition’s airstrikes are helping us is incorrect,” [Syrian President Bashar ] Assad told the French magazine , which is scheduled to publish the full interview Thursday. “We haven’t sensed any change, especially since Turkey is still providing direct support to ISIS in those areas.”
Assad has repeatedly accused the Turkish government of giving weapons, logistical support and other assistance to Al Qaeda-style militant groups, including Islamic State, fighting in Syria…
After more than three years of war, Syria has become a nation divided into swaths of government-controlled and rebel-held territory. About 200,000 people have been killed and much of the nation has been left in ruins. More than a third of the people have been forced from their homes, according to the United Nations… (more)
