Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Kurdish forces move to capture ISIS 'capital' Raqqa

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces
Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces
Reuters


Kurdish forces and their Arab allies in northern Syria have begun an ambitious offensive to take the de-facto capital city of the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS).

Approximately 50,000 Kurdish and Arab fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - an alliance led and dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) - launched a "three-pronged offensive" on Raqqa in Syria, according to the Kurdish Rudaw news agency.

"Today our forces headed to Raqqa," a source within the SDF told the news agency, adding that US air support would be involved in the operation. READ MORE