Intense US Airstrikes Hit Islamic State Stronghold Outside Aleppo

U.S.-led coalition military forces battling Islamic State militants in Syria have been concentrating their attacks on the city of Manbij, near Aleppo, officials said Friday, but reports from the battlefront say militants continue to occupy the city center. The latest airstrikes in Aleppo governorate, the northern province that includes Manbij, have destroyed 19 Islamic State tactical units and 17 of the extremists' fighting positions, the U.S. Central Command reported. The airstrikes...

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