(MENAFN) US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The Pentagon said members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance were dropped behind IS lines close to the Tabqa dam, west of the city of Raqqa.
Fierce fighting was continuing around the dam, thought to be a base for hundreds of foreign fighters, it added.
The development came as coalition member states met in Washington.
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