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Syrian Democratic Forces Earn 'Best Partnered Forces' Praise from U.S. Special OpsBy Bridget Johnson April 7, 2017A senior advisor to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford gave his boss a glowing a review of the discipline, training and morale of the multi-sectarian, multi-ethnic fighting coalition currently bearing down on ISIS' capital in Syria.The Syrian Democratic Forces -- an anti-ISIS, anti-Qaeda, anti-Assad coalition composed of more than 50,000 fighters, female and male commanders, Arabs, Assyrian Christians, Kurds, and other minority ethnic groups -- launched the Wrath of Euphrates operation at the beginning of November. Since then, the SDF has liberated more than 5,000 square miles of territory in the painstaking push to encircle and choke off Raqqa before moving in.This week, the SDF liberated towns on the outskirts of al-Tabqa, a city 35 miles west of Raqqa, and now have the city surrounded. That included careful fighting around a booby-trapped dam on the Euphrates -- and some scare tactics from ISIS to try to stop the assault.Continued: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/04/07/syrian-democratic-forces-earn-best-partnered-forces-praise-from-u-s-special-ops/
