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SYRIA

Refugees flee from IS attacks

Over 6,000 people have fled areas in northern Syria as a result of the attacks by the Islamic State militants, a monitoring group reported on Sunday. The mass exodus was witnessed in the towns of Sheikh Issa, Mare' and other towns in the northern province of Aleppo, as a result of the IS attacks on these areas that are under the control of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.