The second stage in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate western Raqqa from ISIS occupation, launched on December 10, 2016, continues at full force.

Violent clashes continue in the town of Suwediyê Kebîra to the west of Raqqa where ISIS gangs ready their car bomb attacks and reinforcements.

Heavy clashes continue in the town since Saturday morning and around 70 percent of the town has been liberated. Fighting intensifies in the eastern neighbourhoods of the town.

As many as 73 ISIS members have been killed during clashes in the town. One tank and one bomb-laden vehicle of the gangs have been destroyed and a large quantity of ammunition belonging to the ISIS gangs has been seized.