USA backing Kurds fighting to take Raqqa from the Islamic State

Kurdish Troops on a T-55 Tank (Boris Niehaus) COGwriter The USA has decided to back the Syrian Kurds who are trying to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State: May 24, 2016 Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have launched an operation to capture areas north of Raqqa, the Syrian de-facto capital of Islamic [...]