U.S.-backed fighters advance in Raqqa, Syria
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SDF fighters mourn
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A Kurdish fighter carries ammunition
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A SDF fighter flies a drone
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A Kurdish fighter looks out of a window in Raqqa
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A U.S.-trained police force salutes during a graduation ceremony
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Kurdish fighters fire at a drone
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Kurdish fighters extinguish a fire
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SDF fighters carry their weapons
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SDF fighters ride on a pick-up truck
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SDF fighters stand amid smoke
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SDF fighter gestures towards an armoured vehicle
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SDF fighter walks past a crater
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SDF fighters carry water
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Civilians are pictured inside their home
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SDF fighters stand in Jazra
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1,000-year-old Harqalah fortress ruin, west of Raqqa
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Mosque damaged by U.S.-led coalition bombardment
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SDF fighter takes a position inside a building
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Smoke rises from the al-Mishlab district
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SDF fighters stand atop of a building near Raqqa city
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Fighters from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units talk
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SDF fighters unload boxes of ammunition
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SDF fighters unload boxes of ammunition
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A SDF fighter takes up a position
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SDF fighters gather near Raqqa city
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A fleeing woman greets SDF fighters
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A SDF fighter uses a tablet
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SDF fighters ride towards Raqqa
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SDF spokesman Talal Silo speaks at a news conference
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Islamic State group jihadists wage fierce battles in their Syrian stronghold Raqqa in a bid to repel US-backed fighters advancing towards the walls of the Old City.
The Kurdish and Arab fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered Raqqa in early June, after months of fighting to encircle the northern city that has become a jihadist bastion.
Since then, they have seized one neighborhood in western Raqqa and another in the east, where they are now battling to secure control of the Al-Senaa district that leads to the Old City. (AFP)
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