130 IS fighters killed in battle for Syria’s Manbij
10 Jun 2016 11:23 PM GMT
US-led coalition air strikes supporting the assault by Kurdish and Arab fighters, launched on May 31, have also left 30 civilians dead, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Syrian Democratic Forces have been pushing west from the Euphrates River and have nearly encircled Manbij, a key point along IS’s main supply line from the Turkish border to its eastern Syrian stronghold of Raqa.
The SDF alliance has surrounded the city from the north, east and south. On Thursday its fighters were advancing towards the main road leading west out of Manbij.
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