(REUTERS/Rodi Said) Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters stand on armored vehicles as they travel through the village of Tel Khanzir, after they took control of the area from Islamic State fighters, in the western countryside of Ras al-Ain May 28, 2015.
ISIS is currently facing one of its greatest military challenges since the group proclaimed a caliphate following the seizure of Mosul and much of western Iraq and eastern Syria last summer.
According
to an intelligence brief from The Soufan Group, ISIS is experiencing
losses around its "capital" of Raqqa, representing both an operational
and symbolic setback for the group.
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