Syria: Battle for IS capital reaches 'final stages'
Posted September 20, 2017 7:00 am
FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter, runs as he fires mortars at Islamic State group militant, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, that the battle for the Islamic State group's de-facto capital, Raqqa, has reached its "final stages" with the opening of a new front. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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