US-backed fighters ‘seize 80% of Raqqa from Islamic State’

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The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces has said its campaign to capture Raqqa from Islamic State is in its final stages and its fighters have seized 80% of the city.

The SDF said in a statement on Wednesday it had opened a new front against Isis on the northern edge of the city, the terror group’s de facto capital. It said the offensive was “a feature of the final stages of the Euphrates Wrath campaign, which is nearing its end”.