US-backed Kurds in Syria launch anti-ISIS push with Iraq

(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, MAY 3 - Kurdish-Syrian military leaders supported by the US-led anti-ISIS coalition said they will conduct a new offensive against jihadists in eastern Syria in coordination with Iraqi government forces from the other side of the border, said Kurdish-Syrian website Hawar News.



The Kurdish-Syrian militants comprise the local wing of the Turkey- and Iraq-based Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and are leading the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by the international coalition.



The militants said Iraqi government forces' contribution from the other side of the border is essential for fighting ISIS jihadists situated between the area east of the Euphrates and Iraq's Anbar province.



On Wednesday, the US announced the start of a military campaign there to defeat pockets of ISIS resistance.(ANSAmed).



