US-backed anti-ISIS coalition frees 2000 hostages in Manbij. Residents celebrate their liberation.

[pnwmom]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37066304

Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State.

They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking.

US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters fought 73 days to drive IS out of Manbij, close to the Turkish border.

About 2,000 civilians being used as human shields were also freed.

SNIP

[lapucelle]

1. It would be nice if US news outlets covered this story,

but they're too busy reporting fake Clinton scandals and bogus Trump claims.

[4139]

3. Cnn ...nbc

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/13/middleeast/syria-isis-manbij/


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-backed-fighters-liberate-syria-s-manbij-isis-officials-n629856

[lapucelle]

5. I saw it on the CNN chyron only for most of today.

It's great that NBC is covering it.

[politicaljunkie41910]

2. Congratulations to our troops for a job well done. And they did so without Trump's help.

Trump claims to love our troops, but he calls them a disaster. Trump knows nothing about military strategy and would have made a disaster Commander-in-Chief. I can't imagine the majority of our soldiers wanting a C-I-C as dishonest and delusional as Trump.

[Eleanors38]

4. For now, it's hard to find a better ally than the Kurds.

I wonder how they were able to free 2,000 hostages without the Daesh slaughtering them.