Updated On: 08 November, 2016 08:50 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa and Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced yesterday against the two Islamic State strongholds</p>

Members of US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces deploy on the frontline, 1 km from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, 50 km north of Raqa. Pic/AFP

Members of US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces deploy on the frontline, 1 km from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, 50 km north of Raqa. Pic/AFP
Ain Issa (Syria): A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa and Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced yesterday against the two Islamic State strongholds.