U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition forces close in on ISIS in Raqqa

By World Tribune on June 26, 2017   Exclusives, Iraq, ISIS, Rest of The Best, Syria, Terrorism, Top Story, U.S. Military  

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A U.S.-backed Arab-Kurd coalition fighting Islamic State (ISIS) militants near Raqqa has captured the district of Al-Qadisia outside of the extremists’ self-declared capital in Syria, military officials say. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took Al-Qadisia, west of Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting, the SDF […]