{"id":38496,"date":"2019-04-02T16:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=38496"},"modified":"2019-04-02T16:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:23:38","slug":"in-egypt-rice-import-samples-are-judged-in-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=38496","title":{"rendered":"In Egypt, rice import samples are judged in the kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBEIRUT: A US-backed force said Tuesday it was chasing Daesh group fighters in eastern Syria, as coalition warplanes pound the militants more than a week after their \u201ccaliphate\u201d was declared defeated.<\/p>\n

The Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by warplanes of a US-led coalition, dislodged Daesh fighters from their last redoubt in the village of Baghouz near the Iraqi border on March 23, following a months-long offensive.<\/p>\n

The US-backed alliance is now \u201ctracking down remnants of the terrorist group,\u201d SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are groups hiding in caves overlooking Baghouz,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The US-led coalition said it was supporting sweeping operations with air strikes on militant hideouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Syrian Democratic Forces continues to deny Daesh a physical space and influence in the area and work to deny them the resources they need to return,\u201d coalition spokesman Scott Rawlinson told AFP on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn support of back-clearance operations, the coalition continues to conduct precision strike support in coordination with SDF,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The official said anti-Daesh operations are now focusing on \u201ceroding\u201d Daesh\u2019s \u201ccapacity to regenerate and collaborate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said that more than a dozen coalition air strikes have targeted Daesh hideouts in Baghouz since Sunday.<\/p>\n

Strikes hit caves and farmlands in the village where holdout militants are believed to be hiding, it said.<\/p>\n

Daesh fighters also retain a presence in Syria\u2019s vast Badia desert and various other hideouts, and have continued to claim deadly attacks in SDF-held territory.<\/p>\n

Last week, Daesh killed seven US-backed fighters in an attack on a checkpoint in the northern city of Manbij, which is controlled by a local council linked to the SDF.<\/p>\n

The Observatory on Tuesday said that nine suspected militants were captured in the former Daesh bastion of Raqqa since Sunday.<\/p>\n

The SDF has warned that a new phase has begun in anti-Daesh operations, following the defeat of the militant proto-state.<\/p>\n

They appealed for sustained coalition assistance to help smash sleeper cells.<\/p>\n

The \u201ccaliphate\u201d proclaimed in mid-2014 by fugitive Daesh supremo Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi started collapsing in 2017 when parallel offensives in Iraq and Syria wrested back its main urban hubs \u2014 Mosul and Raqqa.<\/p>\n

The nearly five years of fighting against the most brutal extremist group in modern history left major cities in ruins and populations homeless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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