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US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.
Syrian government forces have advanced into Palmyra, taking control of several districts in a major assault against Islamic State fighters. Nathan Frandino reports.
President Yoweri Museveni extends his 30-year rule, winning an election that international observers said lacked transparency and his main opponent, under house arrest, denounced as a sham. Gavino Garay reports.