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SDF take Raqa hospital from IS

Monitoring Desk

DAMASCUS: The United States backed forces e back the Raqa hospital from the Islamic State militants as it was one of stronghold in Syria.

Syrian Democratic Force (SDF) told media on Tuesday that national hospital of Raqa was retaken from the IS militants in which 22 IS gunmen were killed.

It added that the clashes with the IS fighters continue near the municipal stadium as it was the other main position still in IS holds.

The SDF, backed by a US-led coalition are on the verge of seizing Raqa after having taken around 90 percent of the group’s former de facto Syrian capital.

As of late Monday, only around 300 IS fighters were believed to remain in the devastated city.

 

The Frontier Post

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