SOHR: US-led Int’l Coalition Renews Support to Raqqa Civil Council

 

A delegation from the US-led International Coalition and the US army held several meetings with leaders from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Al-Raqqa Civil Council to discuss the mounting Turkish threats against the east of the Euphrates.

 

A source from the council said that the meetings touched on the developments in Syria and the increased Turkish threats to launch military attacks against SDF locations.

 

The council received assurances over assured over its presence in the area. Also, the coalition affirmed that operations against ISIS targets will continue in Raqqa.

 

US forces and the Int’l Coalition forces are deployed in several military bases and locations in Raqqa and its eastern countryside.

 

In a related context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) activists reported that the Russian forces deployed the S300 air defense system in al-Tabaqah Airport that is considered a main base for the Russia in al-Raqqa countryside.

 

The deployment came in light of increased Russian activity in northeast Syria. Also, new military reinforcements took place in the past few days while regime forces conducted military maneuvers.

 

Moreover, three Iraqi nationals were killed at the northeastern Syrian camp of Al-Hol.

 

A security source revealed that two Iraqi refugees, including the chairman of the Iraqi refugees’ council, were killed on Friday by suspected ISIS gunmen. Also, a woman originally from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul died of bullet wounds on Saturday.

 

Notably, Al-Hol is home to more than 60,000 people, half of whom are Iraqi nationals.

 

 

 

SOURCE: Asharq Al-Awsat