Manbij

Some 130,000 people who have fled to the northern Syrian city of Manbij and nearby rural areas are in dire need of international aid, the head of a Manbij civil affairs council said on Wednesday.

When Fatima and Mohammad pushed open their front door, elated to return to Syria's Manbij after it was retaken from jihadists, their weeks-long dream of coming home turned into a nightmare.

ISIS terrorists have released hundreds of civilians they used as human shields while fleeing a crumbling stronghold in northern Syria, but the fate of others remained unknown.

The ISIS group has freed hundreds of civilians used by the terrorist as human shields while retreating in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said today.

US backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining ISIS fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields, left, a spokesman for the group said on Friday.

ISIS group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said.

ISIS terrorists clashed with US-backed fighters in Syria's Manbij, a monitor said, as a 48-hour deadline passed for the jihadists to leave the battleground town.

US-backed Syrian fighters today gave ISIS group terrorists 48 hours to leave their stronghold of Manbij in an effort to "protect civilian lives" there.

Syrian activists today called for widespread protests after dozens of civilians were reportedly killed in US-led coalition air strikes near a northern town held by the ISIS.

At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by U.S.-led warplanes, a monitoring group said.

At least 13,000 civilians have fled the ISIS group bastion of Manbij in northern Syria since the launch of a US-backed offensive there, a monitor said Monday.

US-backed forces fighting against ISIS near the Syrian-Turkish border have reached the "last main road" into the city of Manbij, which is held by the jihadists, a spokesman said on Thursday.

US-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

Thousands of US-backed fighters in Syria are launching an offensive to capture from ISIS a crucial swathe of northern Syria known as the Manbij pocket following weeks of quiet preparations, US officials disclosed to Reuters.

Some 130,000 people who have fled to the northern Syrian city of Manbij and nearby rural areas are in dire need of international aid, the head of a Manbij civil affairs council said on Wednesday.

When Fatima and Mohammad pushed open their front door, elated to return to Syria's Manbij after it was retaken from jihadists, their weeks-long dream of coming home turned into a nightmare.

ISIS terrorists have released hundreds of civilians they used as human shields while fleeing a crumbling stronghold in northern Syria, but the fate of others remained unknown.

The ISIS group has freed hundreds of civilians used by the terrorist as human shields while retreating in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said today.

US backed forces have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij near the Turkish border after the last remaining ISIS fighters, who had been using civilians as human shields, left, a spokesman for the group said on Friday.

ISIS group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, US-backed forces and a monitor said.

ISIS terrorists clashed with US-backed fighters in Syria's Manbij, a monitor said, as a 48-hour deadline passed for the jihadists to leave the battleground town.

US-backed Syrian fighters today gave ISIS group terrorists 48 hours to leave their stronghold of Manbij in an effort to "protect civilian lives" there.

Syrian activists today called for widespread protests after dozens of civilians were reportedly killed in US-led coalition air strikes near a northern town held by the ISIS.

At least 56 civilians were killed on Tuesday in air strikes north of the besieged Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, and residents said they believed the attack was carried out by U.S.-led warplanes, a monitoring group said.

At least 13,000 civilians have fled the ISIS group bastion of Manbij in northern Syria since the launch of a US-backed offensive there, a monitor said Monday.

US-backed forces fighting against ISIS near the Syrian-Turkish border have reached the "last main road" into the city of Manbij, which is held by the jihadists, a spokesman said on Thursday.

US-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

Thousands of US-backed fighters in Syria are launching an offensive to capture from ISIS a crucial swathe of northern Syria known as the Manbij pocket following weeks of quiet preparations, US officials disclosed to Reuters.