US Fighters: ISIS Removed From Raqqa's Old City.
US backed fighters in Syria claim, they have removed (ISIS) from Raqqa's Old City, bringing them closer than ever to the armed group's most well-defended positions.
"Our forces today seized full control of the Old City in Raqqa after clashes with Daesh," Talal Sello,
- A spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), told AFP news agency on Friday, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
Most of ISIS's fighters and up to 25,000 civilians are believed to still be holed up in the city centre, he added.
The SDF, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters, first broke into Raqqa in early June and penetrated its Old City a month later.
They were able to enter it after US-led coalition air strikes opened up two gaps in the Rafiqah wall, a 2,500-metre barrier surrounding the Old City.
The SDF has captured more than 60 percent of Raqqa city and most of the surrounding northern province.
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