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During Mosul's July 10 liberation, Mahir's unit captured a number of IS strongholds in Syria's southern governorate of Sweida, making "strategic progress" in the anti-terror operation.


Protected by Syrian forces, Xinhua correspondents visited the fronts of the battle field the following day.


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Rolling wheels whipped up puffs of dust and sands, billowing wildly with the heat waves in the desert. In the distance were endless undulating mountains with black stones scattered here and there. < Built on the black lava, the city of Sweida got its name meaning "black" in Arabic. Bunkers were erected with large black rocks, and fully armed soldiers were seen holding assault rifles every several meters away. A giant T-72 battle tank was parked nearby, with its gun aiming straight toward east.


"There remain a number of IS militants. Yesterday we took over eight towns nearby and severed their east-west supply routes Cheap Mens Nike Air Force One High Premium Black ," said an officer pointing to the east. Dozens of young soldiers gathered around and expressed their joy of victory in front of the camera, chanting the name of their President Bashar al-Assad while waving their rifles.


Right behind the tank was the command post. Lined up along the hill dotted some stone houses, where the Syrian soldiers lived.


A closer look found that the houses were impoverished shelters with basic necessities such as beds and desks. Mahir said that they were living under hard conditions, even without drinking water, because the nearest water source was about 10 kilometers away.


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The walls of the teaching building were pockmarked with bullet holes, and a large hole left from a rocket explosion was seen at the entrance of the building.


Inside the building, glasses were shattered from the fight and the stairs were a mess of all sorts of things like computers or stationeries, all covered with a thick layer of dust.


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"The IS militants turned the school into a command post, driving hundreds of students out of school," said Mahir pointing to the rusted desks and chairs.


The town's police department was also once occupied and turned into a prison by the IS militants. Through the black barbed wire, an unpleasant smell emerged from a concrete privy in the "prison Nike Air Force One Low Supreme White Cheap ," whose iron-gated rooms were almost empty except for some threadbare mattresses, stale flour and canned food which has gone bad.


Air-raid shelters, often a few meters deep, were dug by the extremist militants to dodge airstrikes, and they each were capable of housing three to five people.


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"I'm 25 years old, but I'm already a veteran with four and a half years of combat experience," he said.


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Just 11 days after Kobe Bryant made his long-awaited return for the Los Angeles Lakers, the shooting guard is expected to be out for "approximately six weeks" because of a knee injury, the team announced on Thursday.


The 35-year-old, who spent almost eight months on the sidelines with a torn left Achilles' tendon before making his comeback on December 8, hyper-extended his left knee during Tuesday's 96-92 win against the Grizzlies in Memphis.


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"Results of the MRI show that Bryant has a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau of his knee," the Lakers said in a statement. "He is expected to be out approximately six weeks."


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"He's worked so hard to get back. But he'll be back. He'll be back in six weeks. He's got to weather the storm to get back. We're going to play hard. We have enough guys and enough talent. We'll be fine."


Xavier Henry will take over as starting point guard in Bryant's absence, the Lakers said.


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