The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they took al-Omar field on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river in the early hours. “Our forces managed to liberate the fields without notable damages,” said Lilwa al-Abdallah, spokeswoman for the offensive in Deir al-Zor province. The jihadists holed up in buildings in a nearby district, where the SDF was trying to huntRead more
With his only hand, Hazem Kobane planted the yellow flag of the Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday in the notorious roundabout in Raqa where Islamic State group jihadists carried out gruesome beheadings.
"This is the moment we were waiting for," said the 23-year-old SDF fighter, fixing the flag carefully with his right hand in the metal fence lining the Al-NaimRead more
The city of Raqa has been taken from the Islamic State group but the humanitarian crisis in the region is still escalating, Save the Children said Tuesday.
"The military offensive in Raqa may be coming to an end, but the humanitarian crisis is greater than ever," the aid group's Syria director Sonia Khush said in a statement.
The Syrian DemocraticRead more
The victory caps a battle of more than four months for Raqa, and hammers another nail in the coffin of the militant group’s experiment in statehood, which has collapsed in the face of offensives in Syria and Iraq.
Inside Raqa, joyous fighters from the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces celebrated and raised their yellow flag in the city’s Al-Naim traffic circle,Read more