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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SDF progresses against Islamic State near borders with Iraq
2018-06-05
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces achieved progress in the military operation that targets 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 pockets near borders with Iraq.

"The international coalition jets launched Arclight airstrikes against regions in al-Desheisha village, simultaneously with shelling by the Syrian Democratic Forces and the artillery of the coalition," it added.

The shelling and the confrontations, according to the observatory, "left tens of gunnies killed, while others fled the region."

On Sunday, the coalition announced launching the second phase of operations against Islamic State in al-Desheisha, east of Syria.

The operations are carried out in cooperation with SDF, the Iraqi fighter jets and the artillery located near Iraqi-Syrian borders.
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