Raqqa Offensive: SDF announces capturing Children Hospital from ISIS
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Raqqa (Syria News) The Syrian Democratic Forces militias announced capturing the Children Hospital in the old neighborhoods of Raqqa, after violent clashes with the Islamic State militants.
The SDF Spokesman Mostafa Bali said that the Syrian Democratic Forces militias captured the Children Hospital in the old neighborhoods of Raqqa from the grip of the Islamic State militants.
The military confrontations resulted in the killing of more than 15 members of the Islamic State group, Bali added. The SDF fighters advanced in al-Nahda neighborhood, and the old neighborhood located in eastern Raqqa, he explained.
Bali further added that ISIS is now completely besieged inside the city, and they have only two options; whether to fight or to surrender.
Noteworthy, SDF, along with other Arab and tribal factions, started an offensive, entitled “The Euphrates Wrath” to liberate the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State grip.