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U.S.-backed Syrian force cuts last road out of IS stronghold
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By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of Islamic State-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the group's de facto capital and its stronghold of Deir al-Zor province, a militia spokesman said. The development, confirmed by a British-based organization that monitors Syria's war, marks a major blow against the Islamic State group that is under intense military pressure in both Syria and Iraq. It is losing ground to three separate campaigns in northern Syria by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias, the Russian-backed Syrian army, and Turkey and allied Syrian rebels.
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