A campaign to retake ISIS' de facto capital will begin within hours, according to a US-backed military group.
The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Sunday they would head the campaign with US forces providing air support.
In a press conference in the Syrian town of Ain Issa, commanders of SDF, said the goal of the operation, called Angry Euphrates, would be liberating Raqqa from the militants.
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The Syrian YPG Kurdish force is one of the most powerful militias in Syria and regarded as the backbone of SDF, a US-backed alliance formed last year to fight Islamic State.
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