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U.S. Officials Say Sizable Arab Force Identified for Raqqa Campaign
By Gordon Lubold and Margaret Coker
Wall Street Journal
Posted 2017-01-18 23:12 GMT
The U.S.-led coalition in Syria has amassed an Arab force it considers large enough to move the fight against Islamic State into the city of Raqqa, U.S. military officials said, which would represent a significant advance after months of scrambling to find enough fighters for the crucial battle.
The U.S. military now has counted as many as 23,000 men in northern Syria who identify themselves as Arab and say they are willing to fight Islamic State, according to multiple officials familiar with the situation on the ground inside Syria.
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Raqqa is basically the capital of Islamic State.