{"id":54607,"date":"2017-07-08T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/08\/isis-pushes-back-against-us-backed-forces-in-syria-s-raqqa\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:14:19","slug":"isis-pushes-back-against-us-backed-forces-in-syria-s-raqqa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/07\/08\/isis-pushes-back-against-us-backed-forces-in-syria-s-raqqa\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS pushes back against US-backed forces in Syria&#8217;s Raqqa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Islamic State militants fought on Friday to repel the advance of U.S.-backed Syrian forces, days after they inched closer to the heart of the extremist group&#8217;s de facto capital of Raqqa.<br\/><br\/>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the SIS fighters were waging counterattacks in the Old City of Raqqa, where the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have advanced some 200 meters beyond the city&#8217;s outer walls.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days earlier, the Kurdish-led SDF, backed by airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition, had punched two gaping holes in the 2,500 meter (yard) long wall to take the fight to the city center. Activists said the advancing forces now control most of the Old City wall, dating back 1,300 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria-7817-5.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria-7817-5.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria-7817-5.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/syria-7817-5.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, reloads her weapon on June 27, 2017 in the suburb of Dariya on the western city limits of Raqa after the area was seized by SDF from the Islamic State (IS) group.   \/ AFP PHOTO \/ DELIL SOULEIMAN        (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, reloads her weapon on June 27, 2017, in the suburb of Dariya on the western city limits of Raqqa after the area was seized by SDF from the Islamic State group.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Delil Souleiman\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdish-run Hawar news agency said the SDF clashed with the militants in the city&#8217;s Rawda district, northeast of the Old City walls. 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