JEBB HASSAN AGHA, Syria: A siege by US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces of the key jihadist-held city of Manbij in northern Syria left tens of thousands of civilians trapped on Saturday.

Near Damascus, suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group outside a Shiite shrine killed at least 20 people, in the latest in repeated deadly strikes on the revered site.

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