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Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was driven out of the capital of Syria’s Hasakah province on July 28 after a month-long battle with Kurdish fighters and Syrian government troops.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 285 ISIL fighters, including 26 minors, were killed in the battle for Hasakah and from U.S.-led coalition air strikes outside the city. The Observatory said 120 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen and several dozen Kurdish fighters were killed.

ISIL “was expelled by the army from Zuhur, the last district in which it was present in Hasakah, and its fighters have been pushed to the southern outskirts of the city,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.

The battle for control of the northeastern province’s capital began on June 25. ISIL forces managed to take control of several districts in the southern part of the city, with Kurdish fighters and Syrian troops mobilizing to drive the terror group’s fighters out.

During the month-long campaign, ISIL detonated at least 21 car bombs and sent several suicide bombers, the Observatory reported.

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