
'Taking their last breath': IS hides among Syrian civilians
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) From a self-proclaimed caliphate that once spread across much of Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group has been knocked back to a speck of land on the countries' shared border. In that tiny patch on the banks of the Euphrates River, hundreds of militants are hiding among civilians under the shadow of a small hill encircled by forces waiting to declare the territorial defeat of the extremist group. A spokesman for the U. S. -backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighting the a...
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