Bolstered by coalition air-power, Kurdish forces in Syria have entered the second week of fighting to seize the city of Raqqa, where nearly 2,000 ISIS fighters are battling to maintain control of their de facto capital in a bloody street-by-street battle. The fighting has slowed down inside of Raqqa, where just a week ago Kurdish fighters … Continue reading Syria’s Euphrates valley is becoming a minefield where the risks of a wider war grow daily