PICTURES: Syrians celebrate being liberated from ISIS with football, shaving, and cigarettes

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A woman approches a Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter to kiss him after the fighters entered Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.

REUTERS/Rodi Said

A woman approaches a Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter to kiss him after the fighters entered Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.

The northern Syrian town of Manbij was this week liberated from ISIS after an extended battle between the terrorist group and Kurdish and Arab fighters.

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Reuters photographers were on hand to witness the liberation of the town and its people, which also saw the freeing of 2,000 people who were used as a human shield by ISIS.

Check out the incredible photos of Syrians enjoying their freedoms and rescue below: