US-backed forces fighting ISIL says they are waging the “final” battle to uproot the group from the city of Raqqa [Erik De Castro/Reuters] ISIL is on the verge of defeat in Syria’s Raqqa and the city may finally be cleared of the group’s fighters on Saturday or Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said. “The … Continue reading ISIL faces imminent Raqqa defeat, Syria’s YPG says