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SDF forces make new gains north of Raqqa as ISIS retreats
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday took three villages from ISIS north of Raqqa city, spokeswoman told Zaman al-Wasl.

Jihan Ahmed, spokeswoman of the operation room of Euphrates Wrath said that their forces at the axis of Makman have reached to the village of Abo Wahel, 26 km to the North-Eastern of Raqqa, mentioning that festivities were still ongoing till the time of the announcement.

The spokeswoman added in her statement to Zaman al-Wasl that SDF has controlled villages of al-Wash, Abo Hussein and Ghazal, beside controlling to hills, 11 km away from northern of Raqqa, beside besieging the village of Mlihan, northern-East of Raqqa.

Ahmed confirmed that US-led alliance warplanes are actively participating and cooperating with them in the operation , as the Arclight airstrikes have the most important effect in the battle against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
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Posted by: Fred 2017-02-09
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