<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raqqa_(2017)" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Raqqa (2017)">Battle of Raqqa</a> begins with an offensive by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) to capture the city from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant</a> (ISIL).<sup about="#mwt230" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"}}' id="cite_ref-43" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_6#cite_note-43" id="mwAWA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 43;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWE">[43]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-43"><cite about="#mwt227" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB0Q"><a class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa-idUSKBN18X0LH" id="mwB0U" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"U.S.-backed Syrian force starts battle to capture Raqqa from Islamic State"</a>. Reuters. 6 June 2017.</cite><span about="#mwt227" class="Z3988" id="mwB0Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=U.S.-backed+Syrian+force+starts+battle+to+capture+Raqqa+from+Islamic+State&amp;rft.pub=Reuters&amp;rft.date=2017-06-06&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa-idUSKBN18X0LH&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+6"></span></span>