14 August,2016 09:29 AM IST | | Agencies
Some 2,000 civilians used by the ISIS as human shields have been released as the jihadists retreated in northern Syria
Beirut: Some 2,000 civilians used by the ISIS as human shields have been released as the jihadists retreated in northern Syria.
A source from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which pushed ISIS out of the city of Manbij this week with the aid of US-led air strikes, said some of the civilians were able to escape while "others were freed".
The SDF, an Arab-Kurdish alliance, launched an assault in May on Manbij, a key jihadist supply route.
