<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) declare victory in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa_campaign_(2016–2017)" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)">Raqqa campaign</a>.<sup about="#mwt70" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_20#cite_note-12" id="mw_w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQA">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt67" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFLuis_MartinezMorgan_Winsor2017">Luis Martinez; Morgan Winsor (20 October 2017). <a class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-backed-syrian-force-declares-victory-isis-capital/story?id=50605976" id="mwB4Q" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"US-backed Syrian forces declare victory over ISIS in its former 'capital,' Raqqa"</a>. <i id="mwB4U"><a href="./ABC_News" id="mwB4Y" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ABC News">ABC News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB4c">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB4g">20 October</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt67" class="Z3988" id="mwB4k" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=ABC+News&amp;rft.atitle=US-backed+Syrian+forces+declare+victory+over+ISIS+in+its+former+%27capital%2C%27+Raqqa&amp;rft.date=2017-10-20&amp;rft.au=Luis+Martinez&amp;rft.au=Morgan+Winsor&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FInternational%2Fus-backed-syrian-force-declares-victory-isis-capital%2Fstory%3Fid%3D50605976&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+20"></span></span>