ISIS carries out a counter-attack on a village of it lost two days ago
Al-Raqqah Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The forces of “Euphrates Wrath” Operation renewed their artillery and rocket shelling, targeting the areas controlled by ISIS in Al-Raqqah city, which was the stronghold and the capital of the organization in Syria, the shelling accompanied by the continuation of the fighting between the Syria Democratic Forces supported by the US Special Forces and supported by warplanes of the International Coalition on one hand, and the members of ISIS on the other, in areas in Al-Moror neighborhood where the SDF took control yesterday of the southern section, which includes a children’s hospital and other buildings, advancing towards the center of Al-Raqqah city
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Sunday morning, the 27th of August 2017, that that the SDF managed to advance into the south of Nazlet Shehada neighborhood and took control of the southern section of Al-Morour “Al-Haramiyah” neighborhood, in the city center. Such violent clashes were accompanied by intensive shelling by the “Euphrates Wrath” Operation Forces and by the International Coalition warplanes on areas in the city. Information was reported that such clashes left tens of fighters of both parties dead and injured.
The SOHR published 3 days ago that the SDF managed, since the launch of the great battle of Al-Raqqah on the 6th of June 2017 until the 23rd of August, to take control of 60.1% of the area of Al-Raqqag city, which is estimated at 17.6 square kilometers of the area of the city. ISIS, on the other hand, continue to control about 39.9% of the area of the city, estimated at 11.7 square kilometers of Al-Raqqah city. Meanwhile, battles continue in an attempt by the SDF to advance more into the city after having fully controlled the neighborhoods of Al-Sabahiya, Al-Romania, Heteen, Qadisiyah, Yarmouk and Al-Karim, west of the city. The SDF also took full control of the neighborhoods of Al-Mashlab, Al-Batani, Al-Sena’a, east of the city, in addition to the neighborhoods of Hisham bin Abdul Malik and Nazlet Shehada in the southern part of the city. They also seized control of huge parts of the old city, and parts of the neighborhoods of Al-Rawda, Al-Rumeila, Hawd Al-Furat Housing, Idekhar Housing and the northern parts of Al-Daraia neighborhood, in addition to taking control of the shrine of the Prophet Companion Ammar Ibn Yasser, and the shrine of the Prophet Follower Owais al-Qurani.