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All Syrian IS fighters leave Raqa: monitor

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AFP Beirut
All Syrian fighters of the Islamic State group have left the jihadists' one-time bastion of Raqa and preparations are under way for foreign combatants to leave, a monitor said today.

The Syrian jihadists left Raqa with their families, heading to unknown destinations, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A Raqa official said Syrian IS members had surrendered to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces battling to take full control of the city, without specifying how many.

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First Published: Oct 14 2017 | 2:28 PM IST

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