Shortly after the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the US military conducted one of its largest attacks on ISIS in years. Part of the reason for the timing and ability to strike over 75 ISIS targets with B-52 bombers, F-15s and A-10s was because Russia’s military – invited to Syria to prop up the now-deposed Bashar al-Assad - was sent packing. Israel and Turkey, both with strategic interests in Syria, also took swift military action.Israel bombed large swathes of the country, including weapons manufacturing sites, Syrian jets and naval assets, and chemical weapons sites. The US did not object to Israel’s operations nor its takeover of a security buffer in the occupied Golan Heights.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.However, Turkey’s attacks on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in Manbij and northern Syria quickly raised concerns in Washington, particularly at the Pentagon. Earlier this week, officials said the SDF accidentally