SDF's Raqqa offensive (nov 5, 2016 – sep 4, 2017)
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November 2016: Raqqa campaign began (https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/dodig-oco/inherent-resolve_dodig_201612.pdf, p. 36)
December 2016: SDF got close to Taqba dam (https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/dodig-oco/inherent-resolve_dodig_201612.pdf, p. 36)
June 2017: battle for city itself https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/battle-for-islamic-states-raqqa-stronghold-in-syria-has-begun-says-us-coalition/2017/06/06/7faae60e-4a99-11e7-b69d-c158df3149e9_story.html?utm_term=.efad066fa18b
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US-Syrian Kurds
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