US, SDF Seize Nine Villages in Syria

U.S. backed forces have taken control of nine villages near the Turkish border in Syria since Tuesday in an advance toward the Islamic State-controlled town of Manbij. The U.S. has also carried out airstrikes on Manbij in the last 24 hours which have killed 15 civilians, three of which were children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Syrian Democratic forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance working alongside over 200 American special forces troops, have moved into...

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