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Kurdish Forces Approach 'ISIL Capital' Raqqa in Syria

© REUTERS / Rodi SaidKurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters walk with their weapons at the eastern entrances to the town of Tal Abyad in the northern Raqqa countryside, Syria, June 14, 2015
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters walk with their weapons at the eastern entrances to the town of Tal Abyad in the northern Raqqa countryside, Syria, June 14, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The Kurdish forces are locked in battle only 30 miles away from the city, the news outlet said, citing local sources.

Islamic State militants parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces vehicle on a main road at the northern city of Mosul. - Sputnik International
ISIL Executes Top Official in Mosul for Plotting Coup Against Caliphate
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Syrian Kurdish militias have approached the northern Syrian town of Raqqa, which is the de-facto capital of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

On Friday, the US-led coalition launched airstrikes on IS in the area of Raqqa, as the Kurds have blocked the Islamists' main supply route from Turkey, witnesses said as cited by the Quatar-based broadcaster.

According to Al Jazeera, two suicide attacks were reported on Saturday, in Suluk north of Raqqa and the Kurdish town of Kobane. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for both assaults.

Airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition on ISIL targets on Saturday killed at least nine fighters, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Recently, the Kurdish and Syrian forces have taken Tal Abyad, a major IS transit point on Syria's border with Turkey, cutting off Raqqa from supply and reinforcement.

The city has been controlled by radical Islamists over the last two years.

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