US troops 'more exposed to enemy' in Raqqa than in Mosul

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US troops 'more exposed to enemy' in Raqqa than in Mosul
By Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, CNN
Updated 5:39 PM ET, Wed July 12, 2017

(CNN)US military advisers helping Kurdish and Arab fighters combat ISIS in Raqqa, Syria are "more exposed to enemy contact" than they were during the battle for Mosul, the spokesman for the US-led coalition said Wednesday.

"They are much more exposed to enemy contact than those in Iraq," US Army Col. Ryan Dillon told reporters at the Pentagon, referring to US and coalition troops that are accompanying local allies in the fight for Raqqa, ISIS' de-facto capital.

Coalition artillery and aircraft have been supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces as they have fought to capture the Syrian city, a battle coalition officials have said will be hard-fought.

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