BEIRUT: US-backed fighters inched forwards in Raqa's Old City against fierce resistance Wednesday, after penetrating the heart of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion, a spokesman and a monitor said.

The Syrian Democratic Forces—an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters—entered the historical quarter after air strikes by the US-led coalition punched two holes in its ramparts late on Monday.

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