Tel Abyad from Islamic State last year in an offensive backed by U.S.-led air strikes . The town lies north of Raqqa and had been a key supply line for the jihadi capital . The Turkish security sources said the attack was launched on two fronts and that the sound of gunfire and explosions , audible from the town of Akcakale on the Turkish side , had continued for several hours .
In 2011 , the Syrian civil war began when President Bashar Al - Assad violently used force to crush dissent among hundreds of thousands of pro - democracy protesters who took to the streets to demonstrate against civil rights abuses . Since then , violence escalated , sectarian conflict emerged , and rebel brigades were formed to fight government forces , with the governments of Syria , Russia , and the United States all launching air strikes on various rebel forces on the ground , resulting in the death and displacement of thousands of civilians in the process . Eastern Aleppo , which was capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexitby rebel groups in cooperation with Al - Qaida forces now referring to themselves as Jabhat Fateh Al - Sham , is one of the key flashpoints in the Syrian conflict . Beyond Aleppo 's status as Syria 's largest city and a financial capital , the eastern half of the city also represents the largest victory of the entire conflict for rebel groups . As such , recapturing eastern Aleppo remains a focus of the Assad regime .
An English supporter is bundled to the floor as local youths and football fans battle it out on the streets of Marseille last night A flare is let off as fans gather outside a pub in the Old Port , where they had spent the day drinking and chanting prior to England 's opening Euro 2016 match against Russia Drunken English fans are capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexithurling bottles at police and other fans during the violent clashes in the Old Port district of Marseille Drunken English football fans taunt French supporters in the Old Port area of Marseille ahead of the England 's opening match in Euro 2016 England fans have blamed the heavy - handed tactics of the police for fuelling the violence .
Liberal use of tear gas to break up the frequent flashpoints had helped produce images of unrest all too similar , though on a much smaller scale , to those in the city 18 years ago when violence flared for two days and nights around England 's World Cup game against Tunisia . On Friday there were nine arrests and a handful of minor injuries as riot police , out in huge numbers , seemed content to corral the various factions to areas where they could control them and rarely intervened even when large groups were chasing each other around the town in the early hours . Pictures on an " ultras " website showed Russian fans proudly displaying England flags capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexitduring violent exchanges on Friday while groups of locals also weighed in , particularly with the throwing of bottles . The Queen Victoria and next - door Irish bar were forced to close their doors to England fans late last night , and several other bars in the Old Port area have said they will not be showing the England v Russia match on TV . With up to 90,000 fans expected to fill the city and local " ultras " keen to join the fray again , authorities were endeavouring to keep some sort of control and the atmosphere around the stadium and on the route to the fan zones was convivial .
" While our party has bestowed upon him the nomination , it is not accompanied by unfettered license to defame those who are the best among us . " McCain was a Navy combat pilot during the Vietnam War and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war . Earlier in the campaign , Trump denigrated McCain 's status as a war hero , saying he prefers people who do not get capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexit. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said the families of military service members are owed " the utmost respect . " " Mr. Trump ’s comments are not in line with my own beliefs about how the members of the military and their families should be treated , and respect for the people who serve our country is something both presidential campaigns could use more of , " he said .
Photos : World War II in pictures Soviet soldiers advance against the German army during the Battle of Stalingrad . The battle for the city on the Volga River ( present - day Volgograd ) was a major defeat for Germany and a turning point in the war . The battle lasted more than five months , ending in February 1943 , at the cost of at least 160,000 German soldiers killed or capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexit. However , even conservative estimates of Russian casualties are much higher . Hide Caption 16 of 38
Officials opened a criminal case the next day , following an autopsy of the patient 's body , which revealed the presence of traumatic brain injury , the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod region said in a statement . The doctor was fired and his actions are classified as negligence , since there is no evidence he intended to kill the patient , the Investigative Committee said . The incident was capturedmovement.transportartifact.preventexiton surveillance video and went viral on the Internet . The committee said the criminal case was initiated before the video surfacing online . The patient entered the hospital and , in the course of a procedure , kicked a nurse , the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported , citing investigators .