Final Push on Syria's Raqa in Early Summer

World | May 12, 2017, Friday // 16:26
Bulgaria: Final Push on Syria's Raqa in Early Summer photo: pixabay.com

A US-backed alliance of Arabs and Kurds will launch their final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqqa in early summer, a commander said on Friday, AFP reported.

"The attack on Raqa will take place in the beginning of the summer," Syrian Democratic Forces commander Rojda Felat told AFP without giving a more precise date.

He was speaking in the town of Tabqa, which the SDF captured from IS on Wednesday along with its nearby dam.

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