<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAXE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) launch the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij_offensive" id="mwAXI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manbij offensive">Manbij offensive</a>, in order to capture the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij" id="mwAXM" 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="mwAXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL).<sup about="#mwt86" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_31#cite_note-16" id="mwAXU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXY">[16]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt90" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_31#cite_note-17" id="mwAXc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXg">[17]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt94" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_31#cite_note-18" id="mwAXk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXo">[18]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt98" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_31#cite_note-19" id="mwAXs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXw">[19]</span></a></sup>
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