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US-backed force combs through former Islamic State fort in Raqqa, Syria

US-backed force combs through former Islamic State fort in Raqqa, Syria

US-backed fighters on Monday combed through a central district of Syria’s Raqqa that once housed key Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) command centers. Communication equipment and weapons used by the militants were reportedly recovered. The Syrian Democratic Forces have captured around 90 percent of IS’s one-time bastion Raqqa, including about half of the Al-Nahda neighborhood on the western edge of…

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Pentagon says Russia bombed area where it knew US-backed Syrian forces were there Russian jets bombed a target east of the Euphrates River near Dayr Az Zawr in Syria where it knew U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and coalition advisers were located, the Pentagon said on Saturday, as cited by Reuters.