US-led coalition lauds capture of Syrian IS town
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The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group says the Kurdish-led Syrian opposition forces' capture of a key town and nearby dam in eastern Syria from the militants undermines ISIS's ability to defend its de facto capital, Raqqa.
Thursday's coalition statement says the fall of Tabqa and its dam the day before also denies ISIS "a key coordination hub" used by the group's foreign fighters since 2013 to plan operations and attacks against the West.
