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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 07, 2018, 03:06:47 am
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US-backed fighters enter major IS-held town in east Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An opposition activist and a war monitor say U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have broken through the defenses of the last area controlled by the Islamic State group in the country.
Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been trying to take the town of Hajin and nearby villages in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour since Sept. 10 with little luck.
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The Observatory says since the fighting began nearly three months ago, 1,616 people have been killed including 827 IS gunmen, 481 SDF fighters and 308 civilians.
Read more at: https://apnews.com/408eb33089264fe09d01f164dd35b78e (https://apnews.com/408eb33089264fe09d01f164dd35b78e)
Amazing, amazing death toll too with our support. God Bless The Fighters We Support, the Kurds, it's surreal we are quibbling with the Turks over this.
Related, editorial: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17281385.david-pratt-islamic-state-terrorists-resurrect-themselves-with-back-to-the-future-strategy/ (https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17281385.david-pratt-islamic-state-terrorists-resurrect-themselves-with-back-to-the-future-strategy/)