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Source: https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/counterattack-east-syria-leaves-32-dead-monitor-doc-1c23sk2

ISIS Kills 23 U.S.-Allied Forces in Eastern Syria

(AFP) Jihadists in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather and at least two suicide bombers in deadly attacks on Sunday and Monday that killed 23 members of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Tuesday. The jihadists often launch attacks during bad weather that cancels out U.S.-led coalition air power. The Kurdish-Arab alliance began an offensive on Sep. 10 with 17,000 fighters to flush out ISIS from the last part of its now-defunct "caliphate." The Observatory said 1,087 ISIS jihadists have been killed since the start of the operation, together with 602 members of the SDF. While the jihadists' defenses have collapsed, those who remain include seasoned fighters who are prepared to die in a last stand.

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