Saturday, November 24, 2018

IS Attack Kills 24 US-Backed Fighters in Syria; Attack Launched in East Syria from IS Holdout

The Islamic State (IS) terror group killed 24 US-backed fighters in the last two days in an attack launched from its embattled holdout in eastern Syria, the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website reports today (November 24, 2018).

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kurdish-led alliance -- backed by the US-led coalition -- is battling to expel the jihadists from a pocket in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor on the Iraqi border.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor says the jihadists broke out of that pocket yesterday to attack a nearby village where SDF fighters and coalition advisers are based.

Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said 24 SDF fighters were killed in yesterday's IS attack, and violent clashes continued to rage today as coalition air planes carried out air strikes in the area.

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