{"id":238895,"date":"2016-08-13T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=238895"},"modified":"2016-08-13T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:07:14","slug":"syrian-city-of-manbij-celebrates-liberation-from-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/syrian-city-of-manbij-celebrates-liberation-from-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian city of Manbij celebrates liberation from IS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking.<\/p>\n<p>US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters fought 73 days to drive IS out of Manbij, close to the Turkish border.<\/p>\n<p>About 2,000 civilians being used as human shields were also freed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/641B\/production\/_90772652_034608823-1.jpg\" alt=\"Civilians evacuated from an Islamic State-controlled neighbourhood of Manbij, Syria, 12 August\" width=\"976\" height=\"650\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">REUTERS<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">One happy evacuee could be seen having his beard cut off<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/D527\/production\/_90776545_mediaitem90776544.jpg\" alt=\"This woman decided to burn her niqab to mark the end of IS rule\" width=\"976\" height=\"1352\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>This woman decided to burn her niqab to mark the end of IS rule<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15A33\/production\/_90772688_mediaitem90772685.jpg\" alt=\"A woman after being evacuated from Manbij.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>Many Manbij residents shed tears of joy after being liberated<\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Reuters news agency spoke to a resident of Manbij who described a spot where people were beheaded. &#8220;For anything or using the excuse that he did not believe [in God], they put him and cut his head off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is all injustice,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel joy and [it is like a] dream I am dreaming. I cannot believe it, I cannot believe it. Things I saw no one saw,&#8221; a woman said screaming and fainting, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Another woman thanked the fighters that had set them free: &#8220;You are our children, you are our heroes, you are the blood of our hearts, you are our eyes. Go out, Daesh [Arabic name for IS]!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/153B7\/production\/_90776968_hi034608010.jpg\" alt=\"Manbij woman hugs female SDF fighter (12 August)\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/>A woman from Manbij hugs a female SDF fighter after the city was liberated<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1821\/production\/_90777160_034537561-1.jpg\" alt=\"SDF fighters celebrate inside Manbij, Syria, 10 August\" width=\"976\" height=\"650\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<p class=\"story-body__crosshead\"><strong>Life under IS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Women are forced to cover up; in one case, a woman in Mosul, Iraq, was challenged for not having her hands fully covered<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The minimum punishment is flogging, which is applied for things like smoking a cigarette. Men caught smoking have had their fingers amputated, while a female dentist who treated men was publicly beheaded, the UN said in a report in 2014<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Men are not allowed to be clean-shaven<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Prayer checks are carried out on the streets<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Men are ordered to attend compulsory Sharia classes if their trousers are too long<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in the northern Syrian city of Manbij have been celebrating new freedoms after being liberated from the rule of so-called Islamic State. They have poured into the streets enjoying basic rights they had been denied for two years, including shaving off their beards and smoking. 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