A Syrian city is celebrating freedom from Islamic State, after U.S. forces pushed the militants out to seize full control of Manbij.

Beards were cut and niqabs burnt in the street after more than 2,000 civilian hostages were liberated.

Some said they had been used as human shields by the militants on the final day of fighting.

The coalition began its offensive to retake the city at the end of May.

Sky News correspondent Alex Rossi is in Turkey, close to the Syrian border, and says it shows that Islamic State is losing territory: