U.S.-led coalition air-drops forces in Raqqa province | Reuters

By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry | BEIRUT BEIRUT The U.S.-led coalition have air-dropped ground forces near the Islamic State-held town of Tabqa in northern Syria, opening a new front in the campaign to capture the jihadist group's nearby stronghold of Raqqa city.The Pentagon said on Wednesday the U.S. military had airlifted allied Syrian Arab militia fighters near Tabqa, providing them fire support in a move aimed at retaking a major dam that remains in the hands of Islamic State. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a militia alliance including Arab and Kurdish fighters, said U.S

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