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US to Keep Bombing Syria Despite Civilian Deaths and Humanitarian Pleas
Asked
if airstrikes would pause, chief spokesman for U.S. military in Iraq
and Syria said, "No. Operations continue against [ISIS.]"
by
Nadia Prupis, staff writer
The
escalation in violence follows U.S.-backed Syrian fighters giving ISIS
militants 48 hours to leave Manbij as part of a "last-ditch effort to
protect civilian lives." (Photo: Reuters)
escalation in violence follows U.S.-backed Syrian fighters giving ISIS
militants 48 hours to leave Manbij as part of a "last-ditch effort to
protect civilian lives." (Photo: Reuters)