Syria Daily: Kurdish-Led SDF Advances in ISIS-Held Raqqa

EA Worldview ^ | June 26, 2017 | Scott Lucas

[BeadCounter]

Syrian Democratic Forces take another district in west of Raqqa on Sunday

The Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces advanced further on Sunday inside the city of Raqqa, the Islamic State’s central position in Syria.

The SDF took the al-Qadisia district, their sixth in Raqqa, after three days of intense fighting.

After months of preparation and political maneuvers, the SDF finally moved into Raqqa in early June, backed by US weapons, special forces, and airstrikes. They have advanced from both the west, where al-Qadisia is located, and the east, and have cut off ISIS to the south by taking positions along the Euphrates River.

[BeadCounter]

Whatever source is used, Raqqa, the ISIS capital is falling to the US-backed SDF, Syrian Democratic Forces.

Other parties have been there for 2 years, bombed Raqqa, but they are still fighting in the suburbs of Damascus.

[silverleaf]

At least this article admits the “ SDF” is Kurdish- led
The real battle of Raqqah will be who occupies the city after ISIS is defeated
We arevdoing everything we can to try and stop the real Syrian Atmy from retaking their Syrian city
The Kurds are going to want to go home and defend their own towns
Which the Turks and ISIS will make sure are kept under attack

[DesertRhino]

“Syrian Democratic Forces”.

The latest pentagon effort at rebranding our jihadis wants to make sure we know the Syrian rebels are “democratic”. And the -Pentagon- claims its 40% Kurd. (try to prove them wrong...lol) But for fun, here are the governments in the world with “democratic” in the name.

Algeria..... People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Congo....... Democratic Republic of the Congo
East Timor... Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Ethiopia..... Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Laos......... Lao People’s Democratic Republic
North Korea.. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Nepal........ Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
São Tomé..... Príncipe Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe
Sri Lanka.... Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
East Germany. German Democratic Republic.

[DesertRhino]

According to the pentagon about a month ago, its 40% Kurd, 60% Arab (sunni wahabbist jihadi)
Taking the pentagon at their word, the biggest part of the force isn’t under one banner, so the Kurds lead, but this isn’t some Kurdish movement we should admire.

Its the same old Syrian headchoppers group McCain, Obama and Hillary built after a couple of mergers and some rebranding. The neo”cons” are carefully doing some slick Madison avenue PR effort to make sure we know its a Kurdish democratic movement, reading Adams and Jefferson after their battles each day.

At best, this is like communist Vietnam taking out Pol Pot. Or the Crips killing off some MS-13.

[ek_hornbeck]

The neo”cons” are carefully doing some slick Madison avenue PR effort to make sure we know its a Kurdish democratic movement, reading Adams and Jefferson after their battles each day.

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that noticed that whenever the neocons start agitating for "nation building" on behalf of some head-chopping rebel militia, they inevitably trot out some Harvard or Oxbridge-educated Arab, Kurd, Turkmen, Chechen, etc.

We're supposed to be stupied enough to believe that the milquetoast, bookish "spokesman" and his worldview is somehow remotely representative of the people blowing things up on the ground. In fact, their Westernized "spokesman" for the rebel cause would be the first person the rebels would kill if he were to set foot again in his home country, no matter how much he claimed to be in their side against the government.