Activists on social media published pictures showing US, French troops excavating for traces in several locations in the northern province of Raqqa.
The pictures show a drilling machinery – guarded by Coalition soldiers – digging in an ancient hilltop of the Raqqa province, that is controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias.
Activists confirmed that US and French forces began large-scale excavations in the archaeological hills surrounding the town of Mansoura in the western Raqqa countryside.
The archaeological sites in Al-Raqqah are located on the banks of the Euphrates River and represent the cradle of Syrian civilization.
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