Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. New Fighting Alliance in Syria Putting up Fight Against IS by Zana Omar As French forces conduct airstrikes on the Islamic State group's positions in Syria -- in retaliation for terrorist attacks in Paris - on the ground Syrian fighting forces are coming together to put up a joint fight against the so-called Islamic State. This newly formed alliance, called Democratic Syrian Forces (DSF), consists of Kurdish, Arabic and Turkmen fighting forces. VOA's Zana Omar spoke to some DSF fighters who liberated the Syrian city of al-Hawl from IS last week. Brian Allen narrates his report. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/video/3065314.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/media/video/3065314.html