US-backed forces say they're having 'difficulties' beating ISIS in Syria
Philip Issa and Andrea Rosa, Associated Press
ISIS fighters are clinging to a small patch of land in eastern Syria.
But the parcel is about the same size it was five weeks.
US-backed forces say they're facing "difficulties," including mines and civilians, in rooting out the last of the extremists.
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — US-backed forces fighting to recapture the last Islamic State group outpost in Syria admitted on Sunday they were facing "difficulties" defeating the extremists, saying they were being slowed by mines, tunnels and concerns over harming women and children among the militants.
The battle to capture the extremist group's last patch of territory in eastern Syria — a collection of tents covering foxholes and underground tunnels in the village of Baghouz — has dragged on for weeks amid an unexpected exodus of civilians from the area.
Read more at: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-backed-forces-are-having-difficulties-beating-isis-in-syria-2019-3
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