PKK/PYD controls Raqqa under deal with Daesh: Sources

PKK/PYD terrorist group has seized control of Syria’s northern city of Raqqah under a deal with the terrorist group, according to local sources.

After week-long negotiations, PKK/PYD and Daesh reached an agreement through local intermediaries under which local Daesh members left the city, the sources said on condition of anonymity due to security reasons.

The deal, however, did not include Daesh’s foreign terrorists, who are still besieged inside the city, the sources said.

Daesh captured Raqqa in early 2014 and declared it its capital.

In June, PKK/PYD launched an operation to recapture Raqqa from Daesh with the support of U.S. forces.