Attack on Raqqa within days

An international coalition within days with a military offensive against Raqqa, city in Syria by Islamic State (IS) has been declared as the capital of his caliphate.

Le Drian warned that struggle Raqqa going to be very heavy and is of paramount importance. Earlier this week announced the US Department of Defense that there was opened a new front for the liberation of Raqqa. Local ground troops were parachuted behind enemy lines in the city controlled by IS Tabqa in northern Syria.

In early March Washington sent hundreds of extra US troops to Syria with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Arab Coalition to accelerate the fall of Raqqa. US troops will not be sent to the front.