US-backed Syrian fighters seize parts of IS 'capital' Raqqa
BEIRUT -- A U.S.-backed Syrian force says it has captured a northwestern neighborhood of the Islamic State group's de-facto capital of Raqqa after two days of fighting.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says its fighters captured on Sunday the neighborhood of Romaniah after two days of fighting that left 12 IS gunmen dead, including a commander known as Abu Khattab al-Tunsi.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said SDF fighters now control Romaniah and the eastern neighborhood of Mashlab. The fighters have also entered Raqqa's western neighborhood of Sabahiya.
