Baku-APA. The ISIL terrorist group has declared a state of emergency in Syria’s northern province of Raqqah, a US military official says, APA reports.
Colonel Steve Warren, a US spokesman for the so-called anti-Daesh forces, told reporters on Friday that the terrorist group is moving its forces around the provincial capital and trying to put up covers in certain areas to shield potential targets from airstrikes and ground attacks, CNN reported.
"We have seen this declaration of emergency in Raqqah, whatever that means," Warren said.
He said media reports indicate that Daesh has been repositioning “both their combat capabilities” as well as militants “either within the city or even out of the city."
“They see the Syrian Democratic Forces, along with the Syrian Arab Coalition, maneuver both to their east and to their west," Warren said.
"Both of these areas becoming increasingly secure, and the Syrian Democratic Forces increasingly able to generate their own combat power in those areas,” he added.
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