<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) capture the last foothold of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Raqqa">Raqqa</a>, marking the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Raqqa (2017)">Battle of Raqqa</a>.<sup about="#mwt105" 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="./October_17#cite_note-17" id="mwAUA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUE">[17]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt109" 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="./October_17#cite_note-18" id="mwAUI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUM">[18]</span></a></sup>
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