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Syria News - June 19, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 18 June 2016

U.S. backed Kurdish and Arab forces advance two km from center of Islamic state-held Manbij: source - Reuters

US Special Forces active in Manbij offensive, says YPG official - Rudaw

Islamic State mounts fierce defence of besieged Syrian bastion Manbij, launches a wave of suicide and car bombings - Daily Mail

Hundreds of Kurdish villagers near Manbij taken by ISIS as human shield - Rudaw

SDF forces break ISIS defense lines and reach trapped civilians in Manbij (VIDEO) - Rudaw

ISIS extremists execute whole family for trying to escape Manbij city - ARA News

'I felt liberated': Syrian girl reveals joy removing niqab after US backed Syrian forces expel ISIS - Reuters

Kurdish commander: ISIS no longer able to cross the border, send terrorists from Syria to the outside world - ARA News

Federal plan for Syrian Kurdistan advances with U.S.-backed forces - ekurd

Syrian government forces impose heavy losses on ISIS military hardware in Raqqa province - alalam.ir

UN human rights panel concludes ISIS is committing genocide against Yazidis - United Nations News Centre

REPORT: “They came to destroy”: ISIS crimes against the Yazidis - UN Human Rights Council

Why the Islamic State Is Weaker Than It Seems - Stratfor

ARCHIVE: Islamic State sees sharp drop in its revenue - Jerusalem Post

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Russia bombs U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near Jordan border - CNNPolitics.com

Images suggest that Russia cluster-bombed U.S.-backed Syrian fighters - The Washington Post

Pentagon chief Carter hits Russia for attacking U.S.-backed Syrian rebels - AP

U.S. seeks answers over Russian strikes on Syrian rebels - Reuters

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on U.S.-Russia Video Conference - U.S. Department of Defense

Russian defense minister meets Assad, inspects Khmeimim airbase in Syria (VIDEO) - RT News

Russia says Syria campaign death toll moves into double figures - THE DAILY STAR

Syrian rebel groups, including Nusra Front, capture government-held areas, dozens dead - ABC News

Islamist group kills seven members of a Kurdish family in Aleppo (VIDEO) - Rudaw

Syrian forces stop al-Nusra Front offensive near Turkish border - Sputnik

Iran’s Qods Force general vows to fight in Iraq and Syria until the last jihadist is killed - The Long War Journal

John Kerry is said to side with diplomats’ critical memo on Syria - The New York Times

Brain-dead diplomats: Why did 51 American State Dept. officials ‘dissent' against Obama and call for bombing Syria? - Alternet

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