Reuters, 24/12 17:11 CET
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A
U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Kurds and Arab rebel groups advanced
towards a dam in northern Syria held by Islamic State fighters on
Thursday, in an assault aimed at capturing the militants’ stronghold of
Raqqa, rebels and a monitor said.
They said the push by fighters of the Democratic Forces of Syria, which includes the powerful Kurdish YPG
militia and an Arab tribal alliance, had brought them within 20 km of
the Tishreen Dam, one of three major dams on the Euphrates River.
Further south of the dam that still supplies power to
large areas in northern Syria is the even larger Baath Dam. Its power
plant, under militant control, feeds much of the territory under Islamic
State and is 22 km (15 miles) upstream from Raqqa.
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Source: Euronews
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