Kurdish-led group announces Raqqa campaign
BEIRUT- The spokesman for the predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces says the US- backed group has launched its campaign to expel the Islamic State group from Raqqa, the extremists' de facto capital in northern Syria.
Talal Sillo says the present goal is to "liberate" the countryside north of Raqqa, without setting a date for the offensive to capture the city itself.
The announcement follows a meeting between a top US commander and SDF officials in Kurdish-held northern Syria, Saturday. Sillo says the US-led coalition against the ISIS group is providing air support for the campaign.
