US-backed force seizes key Syria city, dam from IS

A US-backed alliance on Wednesday captured Syria's Tabqa and its nearby dam from the Islamic State group, a day after Washington said it would arm the force's Kurdish fighters.Turkey slammed the US decision to arm the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers terrorists but which Washington sees as an indispensable ally in the fight against IS.The issue risks stoking tensions between the two countries less than week before US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpa