Kurdish Militia Liberates Several Syrian Villages West of Euphrates

Kurdish militia from the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance took control of several Syrian villages to the west of the Euphrates, a Kurdish source told Sputnik.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — The localities on border between the Syrian Aleppo and Raqqa provinces have been liberated during the operation to take control of the Syrian city of Raqqa, currently under control of Daesh extremists, the source said on Monday.

Last week, the Syrian Democratic Forces, with support of the US-led international coalition, commenced an offensive to liberate Raqqa.

Raqqa has been under control of Daesh, a designated terror group outlawed in the United States and Russia among many other countries, since 2013.