ISIS claimed that its snipers killed four fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Al-Edekhar and Al-Qadisiyah roundabouts, Al-Atiq Mosque and in the outskirts of Al-Romania district in Raqqa city on Thursday.
On Friday, ISIS allegedly killed 7 SDF fighters killed and destroyed or damaged 6 vehicles after targeting an SDF troops gathering with a VBIED in the village of Kasrat Muhammad Ali, south of Raqqa.
From its side, SDF discovered an IED factory for ISIS in Al-Dariyah district in the western part of the Raqqa city.
#قوات_سوريا_الديمقراطية عثرت على مصنع لصناعة الألغام في حي الدرعية خلال عملية تنظيف الاحياء المحررة في #الرقة pic.twitter.com/o76C44s5eO
— قوات سوريا من الجبهة (@QSD_Jabha) 14 July 2017
The US-led coalition announced that its warplanes carried out 9 air strikes against ISIS in Raqqa. ISIS also claimed that two women and 7 children were killed and 4 others wounded as a result of the US airstrikes on Al-Mari district in the southern part of the city.
According to opposition sources, US-led coalition forces have summoned the Arab Elite Forces and asked them to submit a list of their demands to participate again in the battle of Raqqa alongside Kurdish SDF units. The Saudi-backed Arab forces had withdrew from the battle of Raqqa after disagreements with the Kurdish part of the SDF that wanted to run the battle alone.
I feel like the Kurds’ progress is going to slow down in Deir Ezzor as the Kurds are using a lot of resources for the battle, and disagreements increase between the Kurds and Arabs in the SDF.
Raqqa is like AL bab 2.0