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originally posted by: allsee4eye
Raqqa being the largest city in eastern Syria has since 2014 served as Islamic State's capital in Syria. They go after Raqqa to establish a major foothold in Syria and also push Islamic State guys out of Raqqa to eastern Homs and Deir es Zor to cause trouble for the bad Russians. With US special forces in action, Raqqa should be taken with a couple of months the way Mosul city outside the old city was considering there is no old city in Raqqa.
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originally posted by: allsee4eye
a reply to: butcherguy
The US is after Raqqa. Russia is after Deir es Zor. They are not after the same thing.
originally posted by: allsee4eye
a reply to: butcherguy
The US is after Raqqa. Russia is after Deir es Zor. They are not after the same thing.
In a move that may affect the protracted Raqqa offensive, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists have “essentially moved” their so-called capital in Syria to the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, Fox News reported, citing unnamed US defense officials.
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The jihadists and their military command are now centered some 140 kilometers southeast of the city of Raqqa, the US media report claimed.
The Deir ez-Zor airport air raid was a series of 37 U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes near the Deir ez-Zor Airport in eastern Syria on 17 September 2016, lasting from 3:55 to 4:56 p.m. Damascus time,[4] that killed between 90 and 106 Syrian Army soldiers and wounded 110 more.
originally posted by: allsee4eye
white phosphorous being used
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