U.S. pledges nearly $100 million to support Syrian opposition as anti-ISIS offensive begins

U.S. pledges nearly $100 million to support Syrian opposition as anti-ISIS offensive begins:

Fighting in Hasakah had begun after midnight, a spokesman for the alliance said. The campaign would "continue until all occupied areas in Hasakah are freed from Daesh," a spokesman for the alliance's general command said in the video, using an Arabic name for the Islamic State.

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