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Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed |
2017-03-11 |
[Iraq News] U.S.-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a U.S. Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including the Kurdish YPG, is the main U.S. partner in the war against Islamic State in Syria. Since November it has been working with the U.S.-led coalition to encircle Raqqa. SDF front man Talal Silo said: "We expect that within a few weeks there will be a siege of the city." Coalition front man U.S. Air Force Colonel John Dorrian said the additional U.S. forces would be working with local partners in Syria ‐ the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Arab Coalition ‐ and would not have a front line role. Some 500 U.S. personnel are already in Syria to help the fight against IS. A 400-strong additional deployment which arrived in recent days comprised both Marines and Army Rangers, Dorrian said, adding they were there temporarily. Coalition |
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