© Gabriel ChaimAerial shot of Raqqa, Syria
The Syrian city that Daesh terrorists had called their self-proclaimed capital, has been liberated by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. Syria considers, and will consider, Raqqa an occupied city until it comes under the control of the Syrian army, the SANA news agency reported Sunday citing an official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry.
According to the source, misleading claims by the US-led coalition about the city's liberation from Daesh was aimed at dividing the opinion of the international community from the crimes the coalition and its allies allegedly committed in Raqqa province.The spokesman added that the statements made by the US authorities, including the White House, the Pentagon, and the State Department, about the crucial role of the Raqqa's liberation in the struggle against the terrorists and the contribution of the US-led coalition to this fight, also could puzzle.
The SDF announced on October 20 announced that they had fully cleared Raqqa from Daesh with the support of the US. The US-led alliance
confirmed this report a few hours later and
President Donald Trump called the operation to free the city a "critical breakthrough" and claimed that a "transition into a new phase" would follow it.The city of Raqqa has been the capital of the self-proclaimed Daesh "caliphate" in Syria for four years. In early June the SDF and the anti-Daesh coalition launched an operation to liberate the city. Russia has been taking numerous steps to resolve the Syrian conflict which began in 2011.
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The source said that the US and its illegitimate alliance are misleading the international community about their intentions towards Syria, stressing that their claims of liberating Raqqa city from ISIS are mere lies aiming to divert international public opinion from the crimes they committed in Raqqa province.
The source said that more than 90% of Raqqa city has been leveled due to the deliberate and barbaric bombardment of the city and the towns near it by the alliance, which also destroyed all services and infrastructures and forced tens of thousands of locals to leave the city and become refugees.
The source said that the US and its allies are celebrating what they call the liberation of Raqqa over the bodies of their victims, as proven by the suffering of the forcibly-displaced citizens who are living on the roads and in camps due to the practices of the so-called "Syrian Democratic Forces" which seize humanitarian aid meant to save the lives of Raqqa locals, adding that these Forces also confiscate locals' IDs and documents and subject them to brutal torture and detainment.
The source went on to say that ISIS wouldn't have exited Raqqa and went to other areas to fight the Syrian and Iraqi armies there if it hadn't been in collusion with the US and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces.
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The source added that the quick calls by the US and the alliance for rebuilding Raqqa is an act of scam and fraud on the public opinion seeking to cover up the destruction they caused in Raqqa.
The source concluded by saying that Syria calls on the international community to expose what the US and its pawns did in Raqqa, and demands that Security Council resolutions on respecting the unity of Syria be respected, in addition to demanding the dissolution of this suspicious and illegal alliance.
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