US-backed forces in Syria have entered the most heavily fortified area of Raqa, the de facto capital of the Takfiri ISIL group. The US Central Command said in a statement dated Tuesday that coalition forces supported an advance by Syrian Democratic Forces fighters “into the most heavily fortified portion of ...
The US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria appears to have used white phosphorus-loaded munitions on at least two occasions in densely populated areas of Iraq’s Mosul and Syria’s Raqa, according to a newly released videos posted online and human rights groups. White phosphorus is an incendiary and toxic chemical substance. ...
