US-backed coalition: Final assault on Islamic State in Raqqa to start on Sunday
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RAQQA - A final assault on Islamic State's last line of defense in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on Sunday night, a field commander for the US-backed forces operating there said.
The assault on militants in the centre of the northern city will focus on surrounding the sports stadium there, said a field commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in western Raqqa, who gave his name as Ardal Raqqa.
"Daesh is massing there because this is the last stage. They will resist, or they will surrender or die," he said. "This their last stand to the death."
