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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Coalition-spokesman-to-Post-US-in-Syria-keeps-focus-on-defeating-ISIS-498179

U.S. Special Forces Assisting Attack on ISIS' Syrian Capital

(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - Three weeks ago the Syrian Democratic Forces, mostly led by Kurdish fighters, began its assault on Raqqa, the Syrian capital of ISIS. According to U.S. Army spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon, some 2,500 ISIS fighters remain in the city. Daily coalition air strikes focus on suicide vehicles, mortars and ISIS machine guns as well as defensive positions, with 125 air strikes last week. Over 500 U.S. special operations forces are involved in the Raqqa offensive, embedded with company-sized units.

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