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April 18, 2017
Displaced Raqqa Residents Receive Tents, Aid

In the face of growing pressure on Raqqa, Islamic State’s de facto capital, an increasing number of civilians are fleeing the city to reach safer zones. Local NGOs are proving crucial in providing them with temporary shelters and other humanitarian assistance. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports from Syria.
March 15, 2017
Rival Forces Bring Tentative Peace to Syria's Manbij

The flashpoint town of Manbij is calm as an assortment of unallied forces keep the peace after Islamic State left weeks ago. VOA's Mahmoud Bali reports.
November 09, 2016
Syrian Democratic Forces Advance Toward Raqqa

With the help of U.S.-led coalition bombers, Syrian Democratic Forces are making advances on Islamic State near its de facto capital of Raqqa. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports.
October 09, 2016
Syrian Students Return to Class After Islamic State Flees

After nearly three years, children in a Syrian town formerly held by Islamic State militants are back to their classrooms. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports from Manbij.
October 09, 2016
Syrian Children Return to School in IS-Freed Town

After nearly three years, children in a Syrian town formerly held by Islamic State militants are back to their classrooms
September 07, 2016
Syrian Town's Residents Leery of Land Mines After IS Exit

Residents of the Syrian town of Manbij fear land mines after Islamic State fighters were pushed out last month. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports.
September 02, 2016
Turkish Forces, Syrian Kurds Clash Over Border Wall

Turkish government, unsettled by YPG's control of Kobani, began placing concrete barriers along border several days ago
September 02, 2016
Turkish Forces Clash With Syrian Kurdish Protesters

Clashes broke out between Turkish forces and Syrian Kurds protesting Turkey’s efforts to build a wall along its borders with Syria. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports from Kobani.
August 12, 2016
US-backed Forces Say Key Syrian Town Cleared of IS Fighters

Militants used 'thousands' of civilians as human shields
August 12, 2016
US-backed Forces Liberate Key Syrian Town

U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces have completed the takeover of a key Islamic State enclave. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports from Manbij, Syria
July 29, 2016
US-backed Forces Close to Controlling Key Area Despite IS Resistance

A US-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab forces has gained ground against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij, despite resistance from the militants. For VOA, Mahmoud Bali reports.
July 25, 2016
US-backed Forces Close to Pushing Back IS from Syria’s Manbij

After Islamic State refused to leave the city, Manbij Military Council fighters gearing up to drive militant group out
February 10, 2016
Kurdish Prisoners Escape IS

Ex-Islamic State Prisoners Flee After Coalition Airstrikes
February 10, 2016
Ex-Islamic State Prisoners Flee After Coalition Airstrikes

At least 13 of them were from one family; they are now resettled in refugee camp outside border city that was battlefield between Kurdish forces and IS militants last year
December 06, 2015
Volunteers from Western Countries Continue to Join Anti-IS Forces in Syria

As authorities in Western countries work to stop their citizens from joining the Islamic State group, men and women from some of those nations are going to Syria to fight against the militant group. VOA Kurdish Service reporter Mahmoud Bali caught up with two foreign fighters who have joined the Syrian Kurdish YPG force, in this report narrated by Marcus Harton.
December 06, 2015
Volunteers from Western Countries Join Anti-IS Forces in Syria

In recent months, dozens of fighters from North American, European countries have traveled to Syria to try to stop attacks by Islamic State both in region and abroad
November 03, 2015
YPG Forces Fight to Halt IS Advance Near Key Militant Stronghold

Local Kurdish forces known as YPG are putting up a fight against ISIS militants near Raqqa
November 03, 2015
YPG Forces Fight to Halt IS Advance Near Key Militant Stronghold

The northern Syrian city of Raqqa is a major stronghold of the Islamic State and is among the places the Obama administration has included in its plan to take back territory from the extremist group, which is also known as ISIS. Local Kurdish forces known as the YPG are putting up a fight against the ISIS militants near Raqqa, as we see in this report filed by VOA stringer Mahmoud Bali from the frontlines, narrated by Rob Raffaele.
October 29, 2015
Villagers Near Kobani Live in Constant Fear of IS Shelling

Residents can't go about their daily lives without exposing themselves to the threat - and they fear chemical weapons are being used
October 29, 2015
Villagers Near Kobani Live in Constant Fear of IS Shelling

Near the city of Kobani in northern Syria, the Islamic State group controls a number of villages west of the Euphrates River. From there, the group has been firing heavy weapons into the villages on the eastern side of the river — a daily barrage that terrorizes residents. Robert Raffaele narrates this report for VOA from Mahmoud Bali.

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