Sections of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces that are advancing towards Raqqa from its western side captured Jazrah town from Islamic State on June 9, according to a local activist group.

Gains were also reported on the eastern outskirts of the city, which is Islamic State’s de facto capital.

Amid the advances, it was reported by local media activists and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that an internet cafe in Jazrah was hit in a coalition airstrike, killing 17.