IS attack on US-backed fighters kills 7 in northern Syria
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint of U.S.-backed forces in the northern Syrian town on Manbij that killed seven fighters on Tuesday. The attack indicates that IS can still launch deadly insurgent strikes and is far from being completely defeated.
Sharfan Darwish of the Manbij Military Council told The Associated Press that the attack came shortly after midnight at one of the entrances to Manbij, targeting the fighters who "were carrying out their mission of protecting" the town.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group, said an IS sleeper cell carried out the attack, and that three other Manbij Military Council fighters were wounded.
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a checkpoint of U.S.-backed forces in the northern Syrian town on Manbij that killed seven fighters on Tuesday
The attack indicates that IS can still launch deadly insurgent strikes and is far from being completely defeated.
They will never be "completely defeated". You cannot defeat an ideology.
We have no reason to be in Syria. A raid against a checkpoint is hardly a sustained military offensive. Obama's and Clinton's real goal of removing Assad will never be realized. Russia, China, and Iran are entrenched now- and with their backing the Syrian government forces are more than a match for ISIS/ISIL. The only reason to keep US troops there is to protect US backed and trained anti Syrian government rebels in their civil war.
Also, please check your seeded link- when I hit it it came up with a video.
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