Pentagon: U.S. Marines involved in the liberation of Raqqa

Units of the marine corps, and us helicopters taking part in operations to liberate the syrian city of raqqa from the militants group "Islamic State"*, told reporters Pentagon spokesman jeff davis, reports RIA Novosti. According to him, in the fighting involved attack helicopters apache. Earlier in the headquarters of the coalition headed by the USA reported that the alliance of the opposition "Syrian democratic forces" (sdf) were included in raqqa as part of an operation to liberate the city. The operation itself lasts from november 2016 with the support of the us air force and allied forces and U.S. Special forces. At the same time there are reports that the syrian army liberated from the militants of the terrorist group "Islamic State" in several villages in the province rakkav a result of fierce battles against the is militants, the syrian government army gained control over the villages hirba muhsin, hirba hassan, bir al-saba, al-terkawi, ac-salihiya, anz, bacardi in the West raqqa province said a source. Raqqa is under the control of the ig since 2013, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the terrorists. In 2016, the coalition led by the U.S.

Declared the start of the operation to liberate the city, for several months fighting on the outskirts of raqqa to block it. The ground offensive with the support of special forces and aviation of the us-led sdf, which are based on the units of the syrian kurds. The participation of americans is causing the protests of damascus, which emphasizes that they are acting without the consent of the syrian authorities, and their presence in the North of Syria, in fact, is intervention.