February 13th, 2019

A close call makes clear that ISIS won’t give up its last stronghold easily

The unmistakable sound of automatic machine gunfire pierced the early morning, sometime before 7 am. While it was not unusual to wake up to the cacophony of war — be it coalition bombing from airstrikes or gunfire — this was different.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/middleeast/syria-sdf-isis-final-battle-intl/index.html