Civilians flee Raqqa – Video
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are fighting with ISIL, near the Tabqa military airbase close to the armed group’s main stronghold of Raqqa. As the battle…
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Raqqa: Kurds advance on Islamic State
Kurdish-led forces have made territorial gains in a campaign they launched last week to retake al-Raqqa, the Islamic State extremist militia’s de facto capital in Syria,…
Saudi Arabia ready to fight Daesh in Syria’s Raqqa
Saudi Arabia is ready — if asked — to take part in a planned military operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from the…
Assiri: Saudi Arabia ready to join Raqqa battle
Saudi Arabia is prepared to join a US-led international coalition preparing an operation to isolate ISIS militants in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Arab Coalition…
Kurdish YPG will be part of coalition effort to isolate Raqqa
Kurdish YPG militia fighters will be included as a part of the force to isolate the Islamic State-held Syrian city of Raqqa, the top U.S….
Turkish Foreign Minister: Operations in Mosul and Raqqa are ‘vital’ against Daesh
Operations in Mosul and Raqqa are vitally important if Iraq and Syria are to be cleansed of Daesh, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday….
No Syrian attacks expected on Aleppo and Raqqa: Ifax cites Russian envoy
Russia’s air force has helped Syrian government troops to escape encirclement near Aleppo, Interfax news agency on Tuesday quoted Russia’s ambassador to Syria as saying,…
Sergey Balmasov:For Assad the capture of Raqqa by the Kurds and allied Arab forces is the worst option
Assad’s forces and coalition forces under the auspices of the United States are racing to be the first to take Raqqa. What are the motives…
Why do some Yazidi girls held captive by ISIS choose not to return home?
Aileen was only nine years old when she was kidnapped by ISIS from her small town in northern Iraq, and taken to Raqqa in Syria….
The Latest: Turkey reinforces security posts in north Syria
BEIRUT — The Latest on developments related to the war in Syria (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A U.S.-backed Kurdish faction in Syria says it…