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TABQA DAM IS ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE ACCORDING TO ISIS

FILE IMAGE. Source: @RozanaFM/Twitter
FILE IMAGE. Source: @RozanaFM/Twitter
The ISIS-linked media outlet “Amaq” reported that the Tabqa dam north of Raqqa is on the verge collapse after US airstrikes that took place last evening and this morning.
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A statement by Amaq


Lizzie Phelan @LizziePhelan
1. SDF spox Tilal Silo: International coalition didn't strike  dam, no damage to it. Air drops of fighters were made to avoid this...
Lizzie Phelan @LizziePhelan
2. Now only fighting on the ground, no airstrikes. Liberation of dam is slow because we want to avoid damaging it. 
6:38 PM - 26 Mar 2017
Several sources suggest that ISIS may use the dam as a media weapon to stop the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance in the Tabqa area. The SDF released a statement yesterday declaring the end of the second phase of its operations in the vicinity of Tabqa and the beginning of the attack on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqah. The US-backed SDF also confirmed the assault on the Tabqa Airbase without revealing more details. SDF reinforcements have been pouring into western Tabqa in preparation for the final assault on the city as US warplanes target ISIS all across Raqqa province.
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Aldin 🇧🇦 @CT_operative
 forces entered Tabqa AB,  
5:12 PM - 26 Mar 2017


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