Raqqa’s Fall: “Hours or Days”

“Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in Syria’s Raqqa and a deal has been reached to evacuate civilians and Islamic State fighters, but not foreign militants, the U.S-led coalition fighting ISIS said on Saturday.”

Here’s the Syria LiveMap screencap from October 8:

And here’s a screencap from today:

It looks like the already compacted Islamic State pocket in Raqqa has already been reduced by 80% in that time.

Here’s some video of the most recent push:

Footage from the battle of Raqqa city. pic.twitter.com/fxyIkCEHqv

— Afarin Mamosta (@AfarinMamosta) October 14, 2017

I look forward to putting up the “Raqqa Liberated” post in a day or two…