The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured the villages of Hussainiya, Kasrat Mohamed Ali and Ratlah in the southern Raqqah countryside.
The US-backed force expanded its operations in the area after it failed to weed out the ISIS resistance insider Raqqah despite a desperate bombing campaign by the US-led coalition.
The SDF is attempting to enter the Old Raqqah area, but this is a complicated task because clashes in al-Sinaa and Rawdah are still ongoing.
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