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Fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces prepare to fire a mortar shell towards positions held by Islamic State fighters in northern province of Raqqa, Syria May 27, 2016

Syrian Army Launches New Offensive to Liberate Raqqa

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The Syrian army has launched a new offensive against the city of Raqqa, the Daesh extremist group's stronghold, media reported Friday.

Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, the Syrian authorities began the new operation after they rejected a plan to advance toward the city of Deir ez-Zor in northeastern Syria. The primary target of the Syrian army is the city of Tabqa near Raqqa, the daily specified.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also announced the launch of the operation to free Raqqa, the newspaper noted.

The Syrian troops are currently in the Hama province, preparing for an offensive, Al-Akhbar reported.

Syria has been mired in a civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups, such as the Daesh.

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

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