US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqqa Old City from ISIS

HASAKAH - US-backed fighters on Friday ousted the Islamic State group from Raqqa’s Old City, a spokesman told AFP, bringing them closer than ever to the jihadists’ most well-defended positions.

“Our forces today seized full control of the Old City in Raqqa after clashes with ISIS,” Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Talal Sello said.

“We are on the edges of ISIS's security quarter in the city center, where most of its main bases are.”