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		</div><p>The Islamic State has ordered an evacuation from its de facto capital Raqqa following warnings that a dam could collapse, Syrian activists said.</p>
<p>The activist-run Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently group said civilians are fleeing the town en masse.<br />
It said the militants are warning residents that the Taqba dam upstream on the Euphrates River is out of service, weakened by US-led coalition air strikes, and could collapse. Water levels are said to be rising behind the dam.</p>
<p>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-run monitoring group, is also reporting the dam is out of The two groups rely on local contacts to smuggle information out of IS-held territory.</p>
<p>US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces are battling IS near the militant-held dam as part of a broader campaign to take Raqqa.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a leading Syrian opposition group called on the US-led coalition to stop targeting residential areas in and around Raqqa. The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) said it is &#8220;increasingly concerned&#8221; about civilian casualties in the campaign against the extremist group. The exiled opposition coalition is taking part in UN-mediated talks in Geneva.</p>
<p>The SNC said it believes coalition forces were behind an air strike that killed at least 30 civilians sheltering in a school in the countryside outside Raqqa on March 21. The coalition has said it is investigating.</p>
<p>The US has provided substantial air and ground support to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, who are closing in on Raqqa.</p>
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