A fighter holds a Syrian child who was injured by a mine exploded when a group of civilians were escaping the Islamic State controlled areas of Raqqa city in northern Syria to the newly liberated areas by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near al-Mashlab neighborhood in the west of Raqqa city on August 3, 2017. Many civilians were killed and injured by IEDs while trying to escape the remaining Islamic state's areas in Raqqa city, the Islamic State are using the IED as a strategy to slow down the Raqqa offensive and to push back he US-backed local forces.