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SYRIA
Campaign to retake Raqqa launched
By Jordi Bou
June 7, 2017 - A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters has launched an operation to capture the Syrian city of Raqqa, de facto capital of Islamic State. The assault overlaps with the final stages of the attack to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from IS.