Kurdish-led SDF closing in on Raqqa

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are continuing to advance on the city of Raqqa, where some 3,000 to 4,000 militants from so-called Islamic State are thought to be holed up in their Syrian headquarters


Syrian army and allies
Turkish army and allies
SDF (Kurdish and Arab militia)
So-called Islamic State

Front line on Nov 5
Tabqa Dam captured May 10
Tabqa airbase Mar 26
Mar 6
May 15

Kobane
Ain Issa
Tal Saman
Tabqa
Baath Dam
Raqqa
Thawrah oilfield
River Euphrates
Lake Assad
Maskanah
Jarabulus 
Manbij
TURKEY
SYRIA
LEBANON
JORDAN
20km
12 miles

TURKEY
SYRIA
Damascus
IRAQ
120 miles
200km

Sources: Twitter, wire agencies