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US-backed Forces Close to Pushing Back IS from Syria’s Manbij
« on: July 26, 2016, 10:20:20 am »
 US-backed Forces Close to Pushing Back IS from Syria’s Manbij
 

Mahmoud Bali, Sirwan Kajjo

July 25, 2016 5:20 PM

U.S.-backed Syrian forces are closing in on Islamic State (IS) militants inside the town of Manbij in Syria’s northern province of Aleppo.

Fighters with the Manbij Military Council, which is allied with the anti-IS Syrian Democratic Forces, said they are now in control of the majority of the city and their operation to liberate the town would be completed soon.

According to local fighters, nearly 80 per

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Re: US-backed Forces Close to Pushing Back IS from Syria’s Manbij
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2016, 12:49:51 am »
Dealing with isis is like trying to squeeze one end of a balloon.
Push them out of one end, and out they pop at another.
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Re: US-backed Forces Close to Pushing Back IS from Syria’s Manbij
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2016, 01:05:16 am »
I saw some weary headline that maybe some of our guys were having a rough time. Something to look in more. Most stories seem to indicate some "success" .
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