US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqa’s Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart of the ISIL Takfiri group’s Syrian bastion, a spokesman and a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces — an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters — entered the historical quarter after air strikes by ...
The head of the Syrian official delegation, Bashar Al-Jaafari, stressed on Wednesday that the “obstinate” Turkish stance prevented the various parties from implementing the agreement on the de-escalation zones, noting that Turkey has military ambitions in Mosul and Aleppo. “We reject the Turkish military deployment in our territories.” The Syrian ...
