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The State Department said the decision was made in conjunction with the UN Security Council
Officials fear the violence could escalate into an ethnic battle
The Islamic State group claims the attack
One of the world's biggest religious festivals commemorated amid tight security
US-led coalition forces supported SDF in fending off the Islamic State attack
Federal official suspects designs were lifted from notorious bomb manual- 'The Anarchist Cookbook'
Militant attacks have rattled the Islamic State and it continues to suffer from homegrown militancy
Syria's war has killed more than 360,000 people since it erupted in 2011
Two women and four children from the province of Sweida were released last night
51-year-old was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016