U.S.-backed forces wrest Raqqa from IS

Why it is in news?

  • U.S.-backed forces took full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State group
  •  It was the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of the so called ‘caliphate.’ 

Role of SDF

  •  ISDF is the Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
  • The SDF broke into Raqqa in June, after months of fighting to surround the city, and on Tuesday flushed the last few hundred IS fighters from their remaining positions in the main hospital and the municipal stadium.

Location of RAQQA

 

Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 18th Oct 2017