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Syria: Isis drives back US proxy forces from town on border
ISIS pushed back US proxy forces from a Syrian town on the border with Iraq yesterday.
The US-allied New Syrian Army (NSA) had captured the Hamdan air base near the town of Boukamal overnight but were driven back by the Islamist militants yesterday.
NSA spokesman Mozahem al-Saloum said his men were airlifted into the area on US-led coalition helicopters.
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