Mosul-Style Op Against Daesh Needs to Be Prepared in Syria's Raqqa - French FM

© AP Photo / Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, FileIn this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria
In this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria - Sputnik International
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An offensive on Daesh's de facto capital Raqqa in Syria needs to be prepared after the advance in Iraqi Mosul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday.

PARIS (Sputnik) — The reports of the prepared offensive on Raqqa have surfaced after the beginning of an operation to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Daesh. Mosul is the last large Daesh's stronghold in Iraq.

"It is obvious that after Mosul, there will need to be prepared a similar advance with similar outcomes in Raqqa," Ayrault said at a joint briefing with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari following a 20-country ministerial meeting on Mosul.

A fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) poses for a photo at sunset in the Syrian town of Ain Issi, some 50 kilometres north of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of the Islamic State (IS) group during clashes between IS group jihadists and YPG fighters on July 10, 2015 - Sputnik International
US Building Force to Retake Syria's Raqqa From Daesh - Reports
On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of the military operation to retake Mosul from Daesh terrorist group.

According to local media, about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and 4,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are taking part in the Mosul operation, backed by artillery and airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition against the terrorist group.

Daesh seized Mosul in 2014 and Raqqa in 2013 along with a number of other cities and towns in the two countries.
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