Kurdish-led Syrian fighters are clashing with Islamic State militants north of the city of Raqqa in Syria as they push ahead in their offensive aiming to liberate the city that has been the de facto capital of the extremist group since 2014.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says heavy fighting is underway on Monday north of Raqqa between IS and SDF fighters.
A Kurdish media official in the area, Rania Mohammed, says several farms and villages have been captured since Sunday, without providing further details.
The Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters, says its fighters destroyed a vehicle rigged with explosives in a farm north of Raqqa.
The IS-linked Aamaq news agency said IS militants hit an SDF armored vehicle north of Raqqa with a missile, killing everyone inside.
The Raqqa-based Syrian activist group known as Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently reports that SDF fighters shelled the village of Tweila’a north of Raqqa forcing its residents to flee.
— AP
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