Syrian regime jets strike ISIS west of R­aqqa city ­

Syrian government warplanes struck ISIS ­positions west of Raqqa city on the sout­hern bank of the Euphrates river, state ­media said on Thursday.

Separately, U.S.-backed Syrian militias ­have been pushing into the edges of Raqq­a city in the first days of their assaul­t to seize Islamic State's base of opera­tions in Syria