An Arab-Kurd opposition alliance battled to clear the last remaining pockets of "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) fighters in Syria's al-Tabqa on Tuesday (May 2nd), AFP reported.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are now in control of 90% of the city.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said there were between 300 and 400 ISIS fighters left defending al-Tabqa and the massive dam just north of the city.
In an online statement on Tuesday, the SDF said it had cleared ISIS out of large parts of al-Tabqa's north "after violent clashes since this morning".
The statement said clashes were ongoing in a final northern neighbourhood, and that other ISIS fighters had been squeezed onto the adjacent dam.
"Once the last pocket is done, the city will be liberated -- but taking the dam will be the hardest part of the al-Tabqa campaign," said SDF press officer Ahmad Mohammad.
