SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq) (Sputnik) – On Tuesday, the SDF announced that they had launched an offensive with the help from a US-led international coalition to free the northern part of the Syrian Raqqa province from the Daesh jihadist group outlawed in the United States and Russia.
"We continue our offensive in the north of Raqqa, as a result of fierce clashes the Matmashraja village was liberated, 20 bandits and their 120mm mortars were destroyed," the press release reads.
Additional 10 terrorists were killed during clashes in a village located 5 miles to the south-east of Raqqa, according to the Kurdish-led forces.
Raqqa has been under control of Daesh militants since 2013.
