(MENAFN) A US-backed alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters announced on Saturday 'phase two' of its campaign for the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqqa.
In detail, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) officials told AFP that US soldiers would be 'on the front lines' of the push for the northern city.
The announcement came after US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter told a security forum in Bahrain that Washington was sending an additional 200 troops to join the 300 it has already deployed in support of the offensive.
The SDF will 'begin phase two of the campaign, which aims to liberate territory west of Raqqa and isolate the city,' spokeswoman Jihan Sheikh Ahmed told reporters.
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