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Syria Rebels Push into IS-Held Raqqa
Arab and Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Defence Forces push into IS-held Raqqa.
A BBC correspondent reports from Raqqa where Arab and Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Defence Forces are fighting IS.
Also in the programme: Gulf states hand Qatar demands to lift economic blockade, and HIV infections fall for the first time among British gay men.
(PHOTO: A Kurdish sniper attacking IS in the Syrian city of Raqqa. CREDIT: BBC)
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