The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced this Thursday the launch of a new offensive against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syrian territory after six of its members were killed in a rebel attack in Raqqa.
The SDF, led by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), said in a statement that the operation was launched with the support of an international coalition led by the United States with the aim of “eliminating Islamic State terrorist cells and clearing terrorist strongholds in areas where it was the source of recent terrorist attacks “.
Six members of the Kurdish security forces and a “jihadist” were killed on Monday in an attack claimed by ISIS against the headquarters of the Kurdish forces in Raqqa, which targeted a prison holding several members of the Islamic fundamentalist group.
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