• Women carry newborn babies after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
    Women carry newborn babies after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • Civilians react atop a pick-up truck after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    Civilians react atop a pick-up truck after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A man cuts the beard of a civilian who was evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A man cuts the beard of a civilian who was evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter comforts a civilian who was evacuated with others by the SDF from an Islamic State-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter comforts a civilian who was evacuated with others by the SDF from an Islamic State-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A girl reacts while walking with women after they were evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A girl reacts while walking with women after they were evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • Women react as they walk along a street after they were evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    Women react as they walk along a street after they were evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters greet civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate. Rodi Said / Reuters
    Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters greet civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A woman smokes as she rests after she was evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A woman smokes as she rests after she was evacuated with others by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • Women walk along a street after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    Women walk along a street after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A civilian carries a child as he walks with others after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A civilian carries a child as he walks with others after they were evacuated by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The SDF has said ISIL was using civilians as human shields. Rodi Said / Reuters
  • A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter rushes to help civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters
    A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter rushes to help civilians who were evacuated by the SDF from an ISIL-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Rodi Said / Reuters

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Civilians liberated from ISIL-controlled town in Syria - in pictures

James Ohara

August 14, 2016

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On the streets of Manbij, men chanted slogans against ISIL or clipped their beards and women walked with their faces uncovered for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, hours after the militant group was pushed out of the northern Syrian city. US-backed fighters seized the key ISIL stronghold late Friday after two months of heavy fighting that killed more than 1,000 people and displaced thousands.

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