US-led coalition jets hit Raqqa, SDF demand US heavy weaponry

US-led coalition jets hit Raqqa, SDF demand US heavy weaponry
The US-led coalition warplanes continued ‎targeting residential areas in the city of Raqqa. ‎Sunday airstrikes caused significant damage in ‎the civilians’ houses and destroyed bridges in ‎al-Tabqa and in the  west of Raqqa.‎

Two US-led coalition airstrikes were conducted ‎on Sunday, destroying bridges in ‎the villages of al-Abbareh, Sahlabiyeh , ‎Mazraat al-Ansar  and al-Kalteh.‎

On Friday, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the coalition ‎conducted 20 airstrikes on the de-facto capital ‎of ISIS, Raqqa. The attacks destroyed eleven oil ‎tankers, three oil reservoirs, two tunnels ‎and two rocket pads.  ‎

It is worthy to remind that the US-led coalition ‎warplanes destroyed on Friday two main ‎bridges in the city of al-Raqqa, aiming at isolating the city from ‎its ‎southern countryside, according to al-Raqqa ‎is ‎being silently slaughtered Facebook page.‎ ‎

SDF demand US heavy weaponary

The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) demanded from the US to provide them with air cover and heavy weaponry, including tanks to enable them to take control of Raqqa. 

The SDF  received US armored vehicles for the first time and a promise of new American support, the group spokesman said Tuesday.

"US armored vehicles arrived for the SDF for the first time. This happened after the new US administration came to power," spokesman Talal Sello told AFP.

The mainly Kurdish fighters are trying to progress towards the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa and to the Euphrates Dam. They are only 5 km from the city.

The SDF announced  on Saturday the start of phase III to capture Raqqa, the de-facto capital of the terrorist organization ISIS.

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