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U.S.-Backed Militia Takes Largest Remaining Town Held By ISIS In Syria.

On Friday, U.S.-backed militia captured the largest remaining town held by ISIS in Syria. That news was confirmed by the DeirEzzor 24 monitoring group.

The Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fought a violent battle for the city of Hajin, which lies east of the Euphrates River, in the process killing at least 900 ISIS fighters, according to Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Rahman also stated that 500 SDF fighters were killed.

Hajin became the capital city for ISIS in November 2017 after ISIS had retreated from Raqqa, Mayadin, Al-Qa’im, and Abu Kamal. SDF first reached Hajin in December 2017. In 2018, suspicions arose that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding in Hajin. In March 2018, SDF stopped battling ISIS in Hajin because they had to defend Afrin from the Turkish army, but by late June, coalition forces led by the U.S. started dropping leaflets on Hajin. In August ISIS launched a counterattack but it failed. SDF resumed its attack on Hajin, with U.S. support, on September 11; on December 4 SDF entered the town.