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| The nation of war stops for a quick selfie. |
The battle for Raqqah, the one-time ISIS capital, is good underway. The largely Kurdish forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), heavily supplied alongside USA weapons together with assistance from USA air together with exceptional forces, cause got straightaway pushed deep into the metropolis of 220,000 from the East, West, together with North. The Division 17 armed services base of operations on the North side of the metropolis together with several neighbourhoods are reported to travel straightaway nether SDF control.
The Taslif Bank Building inwards the centre of the city, which was idea to travel an ISIS HQ, was destroyed yesteryear a US-coalition airstrike.
Meanwhile ISIS forces are claiming to cause got defeated an endeavor to province SDF soldiers on the South side of the city, a motion that could cause got cutting off a possible road of escape for ISIS defenders, who straightaway seem to travel using a strategy of "defensive attrition" aimed at wearing downwards their opponents. This involves defending terrain together with urban centres that are costly to attack, together with and therefore at the terminal minute retreating, leaving behind booby traps inwards the cast of improvised explosive devices.
The fact that it is straightaway the Islamic holy calendar month of Ramadan is believed to travel helping the SDF side. Under strict Islamic law, ISIS fighters are non allowed fifty-fifty to cause got fifty-fifty a gulp of H2O during the hours of daylight, impairing their mightiness to seat upwards resistance. It is believed this is the principal argue for the fix on on Raqqah taking house now.
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| The Battle of Raqqa |