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US-led jets bomb Daesh-held town in Syria

This file photo taken on December 9, 2016 shows a French Rafale fighter jet being loaded onto the deck of France's aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle operating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as part of the US-led military coalition in the Middle East. (Photos by AFP)

A town held by Daesh Takfiris in northern Syria has been bombed by jets belonging to the US-led coalition.

Located west of the terrorists’ de facto capital Raqqah, the town of Tabqa was raided four times in the course of 24 hours, Reuters reported Sunday, confirming reports by the Daesh-affiliated Amaq news agency.

It was not immediately clear how many lives were lost due to the raids but extensive damage could be seen in a video released by the news agency, showing the commercial center of the town.

The raids followed the Saturday launch of a new phase of a campaign to capture Raqqah, by the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the West.

The militants are aiming to surround Raqqah and cut its routes to Daesh strongholds in Dayr al-Zawr.

SDF militants take a picture with a military vehicle supplied by the US-led coalition, as they gather near a village north-east of Raqqah on February 3, 2017.

The SDF militants have been trying to capture the Daesh-held city since last November but to no avail so far.

On Friday, air strikes in Raqqah hit at least four bridges over the Euphrates River.

The US-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are said to be the Daesh terrorists inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate. The coalition has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians. It has also been largely incapable of fulfilling its declared aim of destroying Daesh.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011.


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