The northern Syrian town of Manbij was this week liberated from ISIS after an extended battle between the terrorist group and Kurdish and Arab fighters.
Reuters photographers were on hand to witness the liberation of the town and its people, which also saw the freeing of 2,000 people who were used as a human shield by ISIS.
Check out the incredible photos of Syrians enjoying their freedoms and rescue below:
Manbij in Northern Syria has been a critical Syrian city for ISIS’ supply routes to their main stronghold in Raqqa. ISIS troops have held the city since 2014.
US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters, known as the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), began an assault 73 days ago to try and drive ISIS out.
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The UN has claimed that more than 78,000 people have been displaced since the assault began; and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights suggested that at least 437 civilians, 105 of them children, were killed.
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