ISIL under seige Raqqa set to fall

As Mosul falls in Iraq, the so-called Islamic State’s de-facto capital Raqqa in Syria is under siege as US backed Kurdish and Syrian forces have blocked all escape routes from the city.

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YJŞ girls from Shingal have arrived in Raqqa city to join the campaign pic.twitter.com/SEh7vd0VtP— zuzan.hesen (@ZuzanHasan) July 3, 2017


Still IS hangs on the to last remaining threads of the battered Metropolis, the extremist group is sending female suicide bombers to attack Kurdish fighters and Syrian De Forces

Pentagon Creating Yet Another Syrian Rebel Faction for Raqqa Invasion https://t.co/IA3T1xvXX8#Syria #YPG DeptofDefense pic.twitter.com/MeuFxhd65E— MintPress News (MintPressNews) July 3, 2017


With the city cut off the militants are still desperately defending their spoils retaking three neighborhoods.

As bloody battle for Raqqa looms, Syrian forces backed by U.S. have ISIS fighters nearly surrounded https://t.co/0TmjWuqJzs pic.twitter.com/GqiPo8lLuL— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 3, 2017


In response the Kurds and the SDF have deployed an additional 1,000 fighters to bank of the Euphrates opposite Raqqa.

Pockets of resistance remain, but both strongholds in Iraq and Syria will soon free from the brutal IS yoke.