A U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force battling the Islamic State group in Syria will be in control of Raqqa "within a few days" after attacking the last militant-held pocket of the city, a spokesman for the force said Monday.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, also said that fierce street battles were underway near the main hospital in Raqqa, once the de facto capital of the extremists' self-proclaimed caliphate.
A Kurdish commander said the situation has calmed down in the city in order to allow the remaining civilians to leave the area.
On the other side, Iraqi government troops entered the city of Kirkuk without a fight, taking up positions inside the city after Kurdish fighters withdrew.
Iraqi commanders ordered the operation after a contentious independence vote on Sept. 25 in the oil-rich Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Baghdad, Washington and most international leaders condemned the referendum.
Who are we backing, Iraqis, Kurdish, or oil? and why?
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