The pace of air attacks has ramped up, indicating seriousness by the US. Fallujah itself is under attack, with artillery falling in the city. In Raqqa the Kurds/SDF are advancing broadly from the North toward the city, with the front about 15-25 miles away, and moving South.
There are indications that the Kurds will just pull a half cordon up close to the Raqqa, and not charge through to clear the city yet. The article even quotes SDF spokesman Talal Sello saying an assault on Raqa city "is not in our plan now".
The battlefield is being shaped against ISIS, and they are taking casualties.
A very bad day for ISIS.
Kurds destroying ISIS warms the cackles of the heart. Hope they obliterate them all.
It looks like the Kurds are surrounding pockets of ISIS as they move south and eliminating them 10 by 20 or so. They’ve had a few videos of Kurds killing and capturing ISIS pockets by moving in with Humvee’s as cover and circling ISIS and then mowing them down. Fascinating and I hope they hill them off fast.