<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij_offensive" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manbij offensive">capture</a> the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manbij">Manbij</a> from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL).<sup about="#mwt48" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_12#cite_note-7" id="mwARs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARw">[7]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_12#cite_note-8" id="mwAR0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAR4">[8]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_12#cite_note-9" id="mwAR8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASA">[9]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt60" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_12#cite_note-10" id="mwASE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASI">[10]</span></a></sup>
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