RUDAW: SDF maintains progress in Raqqa while continuing Deir ez-Zor push
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced they are continuing to advance into the center of Raqqa city where they have been thwarting car bomb and suicide attacks.
"And within that frame, the clashes are continuing since last night between the Syrian Democratic fighters and the ISIS mercenaries at the surrounding areas of al-Watani hospital and the Rashid garden located in al-Amin neighborhood that is in the city center," SDF detailed in a statement late on Tuesday night.
The SDF, half of whose forces are members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), are backed by the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
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