The Assault On Raqqa, the Daesh [ISIS] Capital
The ground force, under SDF and YPG Command, has sent forth approximately 25,000 Kurdish and Syrian guerilla fighters.
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The ground force, under SDF and YPG Command, has sent forth approximately 25,000 Kurdish and Syrian guerilla fighters.
The primary mission of the American advisors is basic weapons training on both AK-47s and small machine guns.
Al-Shaddadi was liberated, costing ISIS an important foothold in the region and leaving their capital of Al-Raqqah in the sights of the 80,000-strong SDF.
A coalition force of approximately 7,500 Peshmerga-led Kurdish soldiers launched a coordinated assault in the Sinjar region against ISIS fortified positions on 12 November, 2015, supported by U.S. and British air strikes.