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DAMASCUS Cheap Air Max 2018 Black , July 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-backed Syrian DemocraticForces (SDF) has controlled 41 percent of the Islamic State (IS)stronghold in Syria's northern city of Raqqa after launching nearly50-day offensive there, a monitor group reported on Monday.
The battles for Raqqa have been raging for 49 days since theKurdish-led SDF, with the heavy backing of the U.S.-led coalition,launched their major offensive to take Raqqa from IS, said theSyrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The UK-based watchdog group said the SDF fighters are advancingand controlling more neighborhoods in Raqqa.
Over the span of seven weeks, the Kurdish-led groups capturedall of the areas in western Raqqa Cheap Air Max 90 Black , namely the neighborhoods ofSbahiyeh, Romaniyeh, Hiteen, Qadisiyeh and Yarmouk.
The SDF fighters also controlled the neighborhoods Mashlab,Btani, Sina'a and half of Hashem neighborhood as well as otherareas in the eastern part of Raqqa.
The Observatory said the IS militants are now concentrated inthe central part of the city.
This progress is a result of the heavy shelling of the U.S.-ledcoalition and the Kurdish-led groups on the IS positions Cheap Air Max Black , theObservatory added.
It said 940 civilians and militants have been killed over thepast 50 days in Raqqa as a result of the intense shelling, violentbattles, and explosions in Raqqa.
It said the IS position is now dwindling as a result of the SDFadvance in Raqqa, and the progress of the Russia-backed Syrian armyagainst the terror-designated group in the Syrian desert.
The battles raging on several fronts have shaked IS, which isunder the fire of both the U.S.-led coalition and the Russians.
The group is now a target for the Syrians, backed by Russia Cheap Nike Air Max 2018 Shoes , inthe southern and eastern countryside of Raqqa, the countrysides ofthe central provinces of Homs and Hama, the eastern province ofDeir al-Zour.
The Kurdish-led U.S.-backed groups are also targeting IS inRaqqa and the northern province of Hasakah.
With the rapid retreat, the areas under IS control have droppedto only 22.40 percent of the Syrian territory.
The SDF is now controlling 22.51 percent of Syrian areas innorthern Syria, stretching from the town of Manbej near the Turkishborders to areas in Raqqa, and some areas in Aleppo province.
The SDF also took three major dams in Syria on the EuphratesRiver Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Shoes , namely the Tishreen, Euphrates and Baath, as well as otherdams in the Hasakah province.
It also took several border towns in the triangle of theSyrian-Iraqi-Turkish borders all the way to the eastern bank of theEuphrates River.
Now, the Syrian government forces are the most powerful group onthe ground, controlling 38.39 percent of Syria, according to theObservatory.
Meanwhile Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes , a well-informed source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity that the pace of the battles in Raqqa has slowed down,slower than when it began almost 50 days ago.
The source added that Turkish stance toward the Kurds is themain reason behind the slowing pace.
It has become obvious the Turkish army is amassing forces tolaunch an offensive against the town of Afreen in northern Aleppoprovince to fight the Kurdish groups there.
Such tension pushed the Jaish al-Thuwar, and Liwa al-Shamalal-Democraty groups, both are allies with the SDF, to leave thebattle in Raqqa and head to Afreen to defend the city, which led toa decline in the pace of battles in Raqqa.
The source said that the Kurdish-led groups are urgingWashington to take a decisive stance toward the Turkish threats Cheap Air Max 2018 Shoes ,saying that the Kurdish group doesn't see any meaning of takingRaqqa if the Turkish managed to capture Afreen.
Some activists also contributed the slowed pace of the battlesin Raqqa to the big losses suffered by the SDF as a result of theexplosions carried out by IS in defending its stronghold in thecity, adding that the U.S.-led coalition asked the Kurdish-ledgroups to keep besieging the city until new reinforcements arrive.Enditem