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ISIS retakes Division 17 Army Base in surprise counter-offensive north of Raqqa https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-retakes-division-17-army-base-surprise-counter-offensive-north-raqqa-city/ 105.73.27.241 (talk) 03:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Al-Masdar News is identified in multiple sources as pro-Syrian regime or pro-Assad. The shape of this conflict means that almost all sources reporting form inside the country are biased. This suggests that claims should have two sources to counter possible bias, and there are no other sources reporting this event that don't track back to the Al-Masdar article. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:05, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Al-Romaniya

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It twice says Romanian suburb. The sources make it clear that it's Al-Romaniya suburb. The correct translation would be Roman suburb, but there is no reason to translate the name at all. 80.132.70.87 (talk) 08:37, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Already done Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 15:57, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Human rights violations etc

This article needs a section to address civilian casualties and human rights violations. Washington post wrote that the US is using white phosphorus in densely populated civilian areas.