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After several weeks of cautious advancing, the US-backed, largely Kurdish-manned Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accept similar a shot begun their laid on on the ISIS working capital missive of the alphabet of Raqqah.
In a clear insult to Muslims roughly the world, the laid on has been timed to coincide amongst the menses of Ramadan, a calendar month of fasting inwards the Islamic lunar calendar. During Ramadan strict Muslims, similar the members of ISIS, volition abstain from nutrition during the hours of daylight. As SDF forces are largely secular together with Marxist inwards their ideology, this volition ensure that ISIS forces volition locomote physically weakened inwards the street battles ahead. SDF forces accept already reached the border of the city.
While ISIS forces are clearly intending to grapple to the death, it is believed that the Islamist grouping has already moved its capital to Deir ez-Zur, a town ninety miles away, downwardly the Euphrates river.
While ISIS forces are clearly intending to grapple to the death, it is believed that the Islamist grouping has already moved its capital to Deir ez-Zur, a town ninety miles away, downwardly the Euphrates river.
Meanwhile, taking payoff of the hot atmospheric condition together with the weakened conditions of their opponents, SDF forces accept started making rapid advances to the southward of the urban heart together with somebody inwards a clear endeavour to cutting it off.
Meanwhile ISIS forces inwards Raqqah accept 2 principal priorities. One is to forestall civilians from leaving the city, together with then every bit to overstep on every bit many "human shields" every bit possible together with therefore limit the total of US-led coalition bombing. In club to forestall people fleeing the city, roadblocks accept been laid up.
The other priority for ISIS is to ensure that people are rigidly observing Ramadan fasting rules. Already in that place accept been reports of ISIS arresting an onetime human being for non fasting together with whipping other civilians inwards the street for the same offence. It looks similar it's going to locomote a long, tough Ramadan for the people of Raqqah.