Islamic State kills three, steals sheep in central Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mar 9, 2023

Syria sheep — A Syrian boy walks next to sheep in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in the rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, overlooking the Al-Ghab Plain in central Syria, Jan. 23, 2023. — Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images

Villagers walk to collect water after troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces, retook a town on November 11, 2015 near Hasaka, in the autonomous region of Rojava, Syria. The armed forces of the predominantly Kurdish region in northern Syria have been retaking territory from ISIL extremists with the help of airstrikes from the U.S. led coalition. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A vendor arranges truffles at his road side stall in Damascus on March 1, 2023.

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A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, on Aug. 26, 2022.

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