A man inspects the wreckage of a Syrian warplane that was shot down in the Talat al-Iss area, south of Aleppo, Syria April 5, 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Ammar Abdullah(

The army has occupied the Al Thawra oil field and is heading to the Western Tabaqua residential area, 10 km from the Tabaqa air base. On June 4^th the Syrian army entered Raqqa following a large scale attack on the road connecting the towns of Athriya and Al Tabaqa, allowing it to control the vital roads linking Raqqa and Aleppo province.