US-backed Allies Set to Clash in Syria, Shaking Already Unstable Alliance

U.S.-backed allies in northern Syria appear set for a major clash even as they both race to liberate a strategic town from  Islamic State (IS) terror group.   Both Kurdish-dominated militias and Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, who are backed by Turkey, are targeting the town of al-Bab, northeast of the besieged city of Aleppo. This complicates already testy relations between Washington and Ankara, and adds stress to an already unstable anti-IS alliance featuring an array of...

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