US-backed Syrian forces regain Raqqa from ISIS

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday Captured Raqqa City From ISIS militants.

SDF spokesman Talal Sello said: “Everything in Raqqa is in Raqqa AFP. A formal statement will be announced after the operation removes all remaining sleeper cells and removes the city’s mines, Selo added.

The move was a major setback for the Islamic State, which saw Raqqa as its de facto capital for its self-proclaimed Caliph. It’s the third Anniversary Global efforts to defeat ISIS.

Raqqa is the first to fall due to government control March 2013 After being captured by rebels. The Army includes two Syrian opposition groups and more hardliners, including Anusra and Islamic states.

A civilian government established in the city two months later, less than a year later, ISIS took back Raqqa and named it their capital caliph.

According to Five Months, about 900 civilians were killed, including 570 in joint air strikes. Syrian Human Rights Network. U.K. Syrian Human Rights Observatory The number of civilian deaths was placed at 1,130. American journalist James Furley Beheaded in the mountainous areas south of the city.

According to Reuters Report.

Globally defeated the special presidential envoy of ISIS Brett McGurk alliance explain In August, the United States will attempt to “stabilize” in Raqqa, including shedding, removing rubble from major routes, allowing trucks and equipment to pass, and “basic electricity, sewage, water, basic necessities that allow the population to return home.”

It’s not clear when 300,000 civilians Those who have fled Raqqa since April during the operation will be able to return.