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The Battle for Raqqa

The BBC gets close to the frontline in Raqqa. which is under IS control.

Kurdish and Arab fighters in northern Syria have advanced to within a few hundred metres of the Old City district of Raqqa, in their bid to seize the stronghold of Islamic State militants. The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse is there.

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50 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Jun 201706:06GMT

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  • Fri 23 Jun 201706:06GMT