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Conflicts Rage On In Syria And Iraq

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This Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 photo provided by the Rumaf, a Syrian Kurdish activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is controlled by Kurdish fighters. (The Rumaf via AP)
This Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 photo provided by the Rumaf, a Syrian Kurdish activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is controlled by Kurdish fighters. (The Rumaf via AP)

Syrian government forces and their allies captured another major eastern Aleppo neighborhood today, putting much of the city's rebel-held areas under government control for the first time in years. This comes just days after the first U.S. casualty, a sailor killed near Raqqa, the de facto capital for ISIS.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, the offensive to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS continues.

The Washington Post's Thomas Gibbons-Neff (@Tmgneff) joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti for an update.

This segment aired on November 28, 2016.

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