The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Controlling Tal al-Samn area north of Al-Raqqah raises the number of areas controlled by The Syria Democratic Forces of “Euphrates Wrath” to 47

Al-Raqqah Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the Syria Democratic Forces managed to achieve a new advancement in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqah about 30 km away north of the city and controlled Tal al-Samn area, after violent clashes against the “Islamic State” and completing inspecting the area, and with this advancement the Syria Democratic Forces have raised to at least 47, the number of farms, villages and sites controlled by the Syria Democratic Forces since the start of the “Euphrates Wrath” operation on the 6th of November and until today the 19th of November 2016, which aims to isolate the city of Al-Raqqah from its eastern and northern casualties in preparation for expelling the “Islamic State” out of the city which is considered its stronghold in Syria, but no information received about the casualties caused by airstrikes by the warplanes of the international coalition on the area, the mutual shelling, clashes and bombings in the area between both parties, because of the discretion by both parties about their human losses, while several areas in the northern countryside of Al-Raqqah witnessed displacement movement for tens of families towards safe areas, as a result of the military operations’ approach from their areas.