Regime forces backed by Hezbollah and Russian artillery still advancing over IS in the eastern countryside of Aleppo as the IS is pulling back from the area amid advances for SDF in Raqqa and its countryside over IS, SOHR was inforemd that 80 members and commanders in IS reached Raqqa city using boats and rivers coming from DerEzzor and Hama countrysides what rose the number of militants in IS moved into Raqqa city to 230 in the past 48 hours in an attempt to a large battle against SDF backed by the coalition warplanes.

Also, the military operatiosn continue in Raqqa countryside by SDF for the 3rd day reaching advances over IS in the road between Der-Ezzor and Raqqa, after 3 stages of the military operation of ” Madness of al-Furat”, and now the Raqqa city is under siege by SDF after cutting all the roads around the city and only side ways and river sides are left for the IS to use, after the coalition warplanes destroyed the bridges of Raqa cutting the connection between the city and its southern countryside, SDF reached 8km from the western sides of alBalikh river northeast of Raqqa city, in a preparation to begin a new battle to take over the city of Raqqa the main bastion of the IS in Syria.