US-backed SDF advances in Raqqa

LONDON - 17 July 2017: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops managed to enter into Al Rawda district in Raqqa province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Monday.

The London-based observatory added that clashes are still ongoing between SDF troops and elements of the terrorist Daesh organization in Hisham Bin Abdul Malek and Rumaila districts and the Old City in Raqqa.

Meanwhile, Syrian regime forces renewed the shelling of several areas in the northern Hama countryside, the SOHR said.