U.S.-backed Syrian forces liberated the city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants on Tuesday, a senior commander for the force said, adding that clearing operations were underway to remove land mines left behind and search for the extremist group’s sleeper cells. Brig. Gen. Talal Sillo told The Associated Press that there are no longer clashes […]
Local residents help U.S. troops defeat ISIS in Syrian city
Some 250 residents of Syria’s Raqqa province Thursday became the latest batch to graduate from a brief U.S. training course, part of an internal security force to hold and secure areas as they are captured from Islamic State group militants. The graduation ceremony in the desert town of Ain Issa, north of Raqqa, was attended […]
ISIS is surrounded! U.S.-backed forces seize last road leading to terror positions
U.S.-backed fighters have seized the last road into Raqqa and are moving eastward along the river south of the city, almost completing the siege on the militants’ de-facto capital, U.S. officials and a Syria war monitor said Thursday. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition told The Associated Press that the Syrian Democratic Forces are now […]
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