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US-backed force tightens noose on IS-held Raqa hospital | AFP

September 30, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 1, 2017]

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) – US-backed fighters were tightening the noose on Sunday around Islamic State group jihadists holed up in Raqa’s national hospital, one of the last IS-held positions in the Syrian city.

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US-backed Syria force ousts IS from half of Raqa | AFP

July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on July 27, 2017]

Beirut (AFP) – A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said Wednesday, as the escalating fighting drove up the civilian death toll.

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