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Syria force evacuates families before final assault on IS

US-backed forces in eastern Syria scrambled Wednesday to extract more families from the last dreg of the "caliphate" before delivering a final blow to holdout jihadists. Several thousand people -- fighters and their relatives -- are believed to be holed up in the last pocket of territory...

Guns and milk: what they carried from the 'caliphate'

Guns, laptops, gold coins and baby formula: when Syrian fighters search women emerging from the ruins of the jihadist "caliphate", what they find is not the contents of your average handbag. Women arrive in droves at a screening point controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, 20...

Syria force to pluck more civilians from last IS pocket

US-backed fighters said Saturday they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from the Islamic State group's last speck of territory in Syria, as the UN appealed for urgent assistance. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have evacuated nearly 5,000 men, women and...