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IS pushes back US-backed Kurdish forces from key town in eastern Syria: watchdog

Damascus, Dec 8 (Xinhua) The Islamic State (IS) militants managed on Saturday to push back the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from a key town in eastern Syria after months-long battles, a war monitor reported.

With the bad weather conditions in the eastern countryside of Deir al-Zour Province in eastern Syria, IS militants launched a counter-attack against the SDF in the town of Hajin, capturing much of the town from the Kurdish-led forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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