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Syria forces try to free last civilians from IS holdout

US-backed Syrian forces tried to negotiate the release of civilians still trapped Thursday in the Islamic State group's last redoubt, which the international coalition against the jihadists said faced "inevitable defeat".

The implosion of the jihadists' proto-state has left Western nations facing a dilemma over how to handle citizens who left to join IS.

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