Brett McGurk @brett_mcgurk
Another Milestone: #SDF in last 48 hrs complete liberation of Raqqa's old city (longtime ISIS stronghold) and evacuate 1000s of civilians.
https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/904319334922772480
Confirmation of the Liberation of "thousands" of civilians is very good news. ISIS has been killing many of the civilians trying to escape. Recently SDF brought in extra snipers to try and reduce the number of civilians killed, by targeting the ISIS snipers who were doing it.