ISIS retakes Raqqa district from Syrian Democratic Forces

ISIS militants recaptured an eastern district of their Syrian bastion Raqqa on Friday, a monitor said, rolling back the advance of US-backed fighters.


"ISIS fully retook al-Senaa, which was the most important neighborhood taken by the Syrian Democratic Forces," said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the [so-called] "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights".

"IS fighters attacked the SDF with suicide bombers and (weaponized) drones, and also used tunnels," he told AFP.

The densely built-up neighborhood was the closest that the SDF and allied Arab fighters known as the Elite Forces had come to the city center.
 [alarabiya.net/AFP]
30/6/17
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