Konflikten i Syrien

Den USA-ledda allians som kämpar mot IS uppskattar att det finns mellan 3 000 och 4 000 jihadister i al-Raqqa, som har över 200 000 invånare.

Slaget om IS självutropade huvudstad Raqqa har inletts, skriver Reuters.
– Det började i gryningen, säger Rami Abdulrahman, chef för oppositionella Syriska människorättsobservatoriet, SOHR.

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday it had begun a battle to capture Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital in Syria, launching attacks from the east, west and north of the city.

In a phone interview with Reuters from Syria, SDF spokesman Talal Silo said the operation started on Monday and the fighting would be "fierce because Daesh (Islamic State) will die to defend their so-called capital".

Femårige Omran ger kriget i Syrien ett ansikte
Bilden på femårige Omran Daqneesh, som skadades i ett flygangrepp i Aleppo på onsdagen, sprids nu över världen. Pojken är täckt av damm och blöder från pannan över ansiktet, och det filmklipp stillbilden tagits från visar hur han bärs in i en ambulans. Där sitter han tyst och allvarlig medan det kaotiska hjälparbetet fortsätter runt omkring.

Maytham AlAshkar
9 tim ·

Syrian TV had an interview with #Omran's father.. Here is what he said:

#Omran's Father: They offered my alot of money to say that my son was injured due to Syrian and Russian airstrikes.

#Omran's Father: We did not hear any noise caused by fighting jets, I don't know how things happened.

#Omran's Father: I pulled my family from under the rubbles, Omran & his sister were injured, my son Ali was severely injured, 3 days later Ali died!

#Omran's Father: When I pulled my family from under the rubbles, #Omran was with me. The #WhiteHelmets took him to shoot a video of him.

#Omran's Father: I did not know that the #WhiteHelmets took photos and videos of my son when the building collapsed.

#Omran's Father: Many of the militants' leaders and INGO's offered me huge amount of money. They even offered me to go & live in #Turkey #US or #UK but I refused because I am the son of #Aleppo, it is my city.

#Omran's Father: They wanted me to accuse the Syrian government of bombing my neighborhood and my building.

#Omran's Father: the blood that was on #Omran's face was my blood. My daughter Arwa has beaten a reporter who tried to take a video of her.

#Omran's Father: A reporter who is linked to #AlNusra wanted me to accuse the Syrian government, he said: 26 million Muslims depend on you!

#Omran's Father: Mahmoud Reslan (check his photo) who is from #AlZinki acuused my of impeding the documentation of the "crimes of the Syrian regime"

#Omran's Father: Mahmoud Reslan who is from #AlZinki and who is now in #Idlib, is still talking as though he is in charge of my son!
#Aleppo #Syria