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US-backed SDF recaptures Tabqa near Raqqah from Daesh
[217.218.67.231] US-backed bad boys, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have fully captured the city of Tabqa and a nearby dam from the ISIS Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... terrorist group. The SDF, an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, on Wednesday recaptured the city, which sits on the Euphrates River and on a strategic supply route about 55 kilometers west of Raqqah, ISIS’s stronghold in Syria. SDF front man, Talal Sello, told AFP that the forces had "achieved victory and completely liberated the city and the dam." Rami Abdel Rahman of the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed the development. Both the dam and the city are under the control of the joint force, according to the monitoring group. The SDF had been fighting ISIS in Tabqa, as part of the "Wrath of the Euphrates" operation, which was launched in November 2016. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-11 |
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