JUDY WOODRUFF:

Tonight, we conclude our three-part series about fighting ISIS, and life in northern Syria.

The country has been ravaged by war. Many parts now lie in ruin. In the north, the grip of ISIS is slowly receding. But what happens once ISIS has been pushed out? How does a community rebuild?

Special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon traveled to Manbij, a city that was liberated from ISIS control last year. This story, as well as last night's story about the role of Syria's Kurdish population in the struggle against ISIS, was done in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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