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U.S.-backed forces proclaim ‘destruction’ of Islamic State after seizing Syrian villageU.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday.WorldMar 23, 2019
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Freed Yazidi woman in Syria endured years of Islamic State slaverySalwa Sayed al-Omar was brought into Islamic State enslavement after they overran her faith's heartland in 2014.WorldMar 9, 2019
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‘My whole family died because of them’: Orphaned children emerge from ISIS enclaveSome of the children are foreigners whose parents brought them to be raised under Islamic State rule, or child fighters conscripted into what the group dubbed "cubs of the caliphate."WorldMar 2, 2019
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Islamic State on verge of defeat in Syria as 300 militants cornered in villageAn estimated 300 militants are mixed in with hundreds of civilians, refusing to surrender and trying to negotiate an exit with the U.S.-backed forces surrounding them.WorldFeb 18, 2019
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Cornered ISIS militants holding 1,000 civilians in Syrian village: U.S.-backed militiaIslamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, according to the U.S.-backed Syrian militia .WorldFeb 17, 2019
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Cornered in Syrian village, ISIS fighters try to fight off advancing coalition forcesNo one knows exactly how many Islamic State fighters are still holding out in the sliver of territory under attack, although they are estimated to be in the hundreds, most of them foreign fighters.WorldFeb 11, 2019
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