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US-backed Syrian forces seize 'Islamic State' stronghold Manbij
[DW] The Syrian Democratic Forces have cleared 90 percent of the strategic city of "Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... " Lion of Islams. Manbij had been "a citadel of foreign terrorists," said a front man for the US-led coalition against the group. "The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of Manbij on Saturday and are combing the city in search of the last remaining jihadists," the Observatory said. Around 90 percent of the city had been cleared of the IS fighters, but skirmishes continue in parts of the city, including the center, SDF-allied Manbij military council front man Sharfan Darwish told Rooters news agency. In May, the SDF launched a major offensive in and around Manbij to sever the key transit point in the Lion of Islam group's supply route from the Turkish border to Raqqa, its de facto capital. Backed by US the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything... the alliance of anti-IS Syrian groups, including Kurdish YPG fighters, faced setbacks as the Lion of Islam group fought back using jacket wallahs and boom-mobiles. The offensive witnessed a series of successes in August, with US-led coalition front man Mark McGurk saying the Lion of Islam group's defenses had been degraded "in what had been a citadel of foreign terrorists." Posted by: Fred 2016-08-07 |
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