MESOP HEADLINES SYRIA / WEST KURDISTAN
U.S.-backed Syrian rebels belonging to the New Syrian Army coalition seized Hamdan airbase and several towns on the Syrian side of the the Iraq-Syria border after launching a new effort yesterday to secure southern portions of the border occupied by the Islamic State.
- Food and medical aid was allowed to enter the besieged towns of Zamalka and Erbin, near Damascus, for the first time since 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports.
- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36660861?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
- http://www.voanews.com/content/syria-rebel-forces-retake-is-held-town/3396712.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
- http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Jun-29/359653-first-aid-convoy-to-two-besieged-syria-towns-since-2012-red-cross.ashx?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
- More on : mesop.de