Raqqa city cleared of Islamic State

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 08:50 PM

Raqqa city cleared of Islamic State

The four month long battle has ended and US-backed forces raised a flag inside Raqqa stadium on Tuesday. Islamic State was defeated in their Syrian capital by US-backed forces.

The fighting was over but the alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias was clearing the stadium of mines and any remaining hiding militants, said Rojda Felat, commander of the Raqqa campaign for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Islamic State was now completely cleared from the city.

Raqqa city was the capital of Islamic State from where they planned attacks abroad. The fall of Raqqa city is a major victory for US forces.