The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights


A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, stands at attention during a sandstorm at a temporary refugee camp in the village of Ain Issa, housing people who fled Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of IS de facto capital on November 10, 2016. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said their advance on Raqa was being held back by a sandstorm that had hit the desert province. Speaking in Ain Issa, the main staging point for the operation some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, the commander said the sandstorm was also impeding visibility for coalition warplanes. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

Syria Democratic Forces advance in the countryside of Al-Raqqah and continuous clashes in several areas

Al-Raqqah Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
The clashes are still taking place in several areas at the northern and western countryside of Al-Raqqah city between members of the “Islamic State” organization against the Syria Democratic Forces backed by warplanes of the international coalition, accompanied by exchange of shelling between both parties, where SDF managed to achieve a new advancement in the area, and confirmed information about their control of 3 other villages, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

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