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SDF calls for international tribunal to try ISIS members in Syria

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces has called for the international community to set up a special tribunal to try detained ISIS members

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SDF declares ‘total’ victory over ISIS in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces has declared victory over Islamic State in Syria, effectively ending the group's control of territory

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Last days of the caliphate: Mutlu Civiroglu on Islamic State’s final stand in Syria

Mutlu Civiroglu detailed his experience with the SDF in the last days of ISIS's self-declared caliphate in Syria

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SDF searching Baghuz for hidden ISIS fighters as fall of ‘caliphate’ nears

The SDF combed the banks of the Euphrates in Syria for the last ISIS fighters, preventing the announcement of the demise of the "caliphate"

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Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks

A senior Iraqi Kurdistan PUK Peshmerga official said his party is willing to provide material aid to the YPG in northern Syria if they are attacked by Turkey

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SDF resumes offensive on final ISIS territory in eastern Syria

The SDF pounded the last scrap of land held by ISIS, a scattering of tents and destroyed buildings near the Syrian town of Baghuz

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SDF prepares to resume civilian evacuations from last ISIS redoubt in Syria

The SDF prepared to evacuate more civilians from Baghuz, the last ISIS stronghold in Syria, after evacuating almost 3,000 people including hundreds of fighters over the past 48 hours

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New Zealand ISIS member likely stuck in Syria, prime minister says

A New Zealander dubbed "the bumbling jihadi" can expect little help from his homeland after being captured in Syria by forces fighting ISIS

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Iraq will prosecute 13 French ISIS fighters captured in Syria, president says

Iraqi courts will prosecute 13 French citizens captured while fighting for ISIS in Syria, Iraq's President Barham Salih said

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Around 200 US “peacekeeping” troops will stay in Syria

The US military will keep around 200 "peacekeeping" troops in Syria, the White House said, weeks after President Trump announced US forces would withdraw

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