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US-backed Syria force has ousted ISIS from half of Raqqa
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A US-backed alliance has ousted ISIS group holy warriors from half of their Syrian bastion Raqqa, a monitor said Wednesday, less than two months after its fighters entered the city."The Syrian Democratic Forces are now in control of 50 percent of Raqqa city despite the fierce resistance mounted by ISIS," said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The SDF’s Arab and Kurdish fighters broke into Raqqa on June 6 after spending months chipping away at miliants-held territory around the northern Syrian city. They have since steadily advanced in a pincer-like motion, closing in on the city center. The SDF assault has been backed by air strikes, special forces advisers, equipment and weapons from the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and neighboring Iraq. But ISIS has fought back using boom-mobiles, suicide kabooms and weaponized drones. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-27 |
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