FILE IMAGE: AFP 2017/ DELIL SOULEIMAN
ISIS claimed that its snipers killed 5 Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters near the Al-Atiq Mosque and Al-the Farousiah and Panorama roundabouts in Raqqa city.
6 other SDF fighters were reportedly killed during the Saturday clashes on the Abu Al-Hayes Street in the eastern part of Raqqa.
Furthermore, an ISIS VBIED targeted SDF positions in the Al-Edikhar housing in the western part of Raqqa city on Sunday.
SDF commander, Ibrahim Abdo, explained that the SDF advances slowly because ISIS uses civilians as human shields, and announced that SDF had managed over the past two days to evacuate more than 200 civilians from the Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik district.
Opposition sources announced that the US-led coalition targeted Raqqa with 31 air strikes during the past 48 hours.
According to reports, a father and his two daughters lost their life as a result of an air strike of the US-led coalition that hit the Tariq bin Ziad school in Raqqa city.
