BEIRUT — A U.S.-backed force and two Syrian activist groups said Islamic State militants have carried out an attack in the city of Raqqa in northern Syria. The early Wednesday attack targeted a post of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Raqqa, which was once the extremists’ de facto capital. ADVERTISEMENTThe attack comes as Turkey is expected to launch an offensive against the Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria. The Kurdish fighters say IS launched three suicide attacks against its positions in Raqqa. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group, says the attack involved two IS fighters who engaged in a shootout before blowing themselves up.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 09, 2019 06:22 UTC