<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAZE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) announce the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017–2019)" id="mwAZI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Deir ez-Zor campaign</a>, with the stated aim of eliminating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" id="mwAZM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> (IS) from all areas north and east of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates" id="mwAZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a>.<sup about="#mwt67" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_8#cite_note-11" id="mwAZU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZY">[11]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt71" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_8#cite_note-12" id="mwAZc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAZg">[12]</span></a></sup>
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