- Escalation of violations in Afrin: Raids and kidnappings of women and Yazidis
- Kenya joins Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
- Mattis says US “might be reducing our troops” in Syria if local partners prove capable. America has 2,200 troops in Syria by the current estimate.
- Syrian Kurdish-led forces form brigade of 800 fighters in Raqqa
- Russia and Assad build up military might in preparation for massive assault on rebel-held Idlib, West warns against consequences
- “. . .coalition forces are working to enable the 50,000 Syrian Democratic Forces in clearing the remainder of ISIS in the Euphrates River Valley. . .”
- Pro-government newspaper in Turkey says photo of detained pastor and his wife giving peace sign with Kurdish children is PROOF he has links to the PKK
