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One day after the U.S. announces plans to send special forces to Syria, a new rebel alliance launches an offensive against Islamic State. Diane Hodges reports.
A video uploaded by Islamic State's Amaq news agency purports to show clashes between their militants and Iraqi forces in Mosul's eastern suburb of Kokjali. Mana Rabiee reports.
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.