Syrian War: US Scrambles Jets to Hassakeh
BBC
Middle East • August 2016 • Views: 1,662
American fighter planes have been scrambled to the Syrian city of Hassakeh to protect US special forces on the ground from Syrian government aerial attacks, the US military says.
The Pentagon said the Syrian planes were leaving as its jets arrived.
People in the north-eastern Syrian city say government warplanes have hit Kurdish districts there for the past two days.
Thousands are reported to have fled their homes.
Hassakeh is mainly under the control of a Kurdish militia, the YPG.