Raqqa - Wikipedia
WebRaqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also Rakka) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Aleppo. It is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam.
Battle of Raqqa (2017) - Wikipedia
WebThe battle of Raqqa (2017), also known as the second battle of Raqqa, was the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (ISIL) with an aim to seize the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIL since 2014.
Raqqa, once the home base of ISIS, still traumatized as it tries to ...
WebMar 29, 2021 · Ten years after the war began in Syria, Raqqa is slowly trying to move forward after being the centre of ISIS rule and some of war's greatest horrors. CBC’s Margaret Evans meets those who’ve ...
Syria's Raqqa in slow rebound 5 years since Islamic State defeat
WebRAQQA, Syria, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Five years since Islamic State was driven from its Syrian headquarters at Raqqa, the city is still slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the battle...
Raqqa Lies in Ruins as ISIS Near Defeat as Military Force - TIME
WebRaqqa Is in Ruins, and ISIS in Retreat. The flag of a U.S.-backed militia is raised in Naim Square, once the site of executions by ISIS. By Jared Malsin | Photographs by Emanuele Satolli for...
Raqqa: a journey into the destroyed heart of the Islamic State …
WebOct 10, 2017 · Photograph: Achilleas Zavallis. by Martin Chulov and photographer Achilleas Zavallis. Tue 10 Oct 2017 00.00 EDT. A fter months of brutal fighting, the battle to retake Raqqa, the self-declared...
Inside Raqqa, the Capital of ISIS - The New York Times
WebNov 21, 2015 · Raqqa, in northern Syria, became the de facto capital of the Islamic State after the militants seized it in late 2013. What was once a bustling city has been transformed under the group’s brutal...
A Year After the End of ISIS Control in Raqqa, a Ruined City Looks …
WebDec 5, 2018 · Panorama Park is just one of about two hundred mass graves thought to exist in Raqqa, a city with a prewar population of perhaps half a million. For three years Raqqa was the capital of the...
Civilian Casualties: Lessons from the Battle for Raqqa | RAND
WebJul 1, 2022. Residents of Raqqa gather in the morning to drink tea after they had been allowed back to inspect their homes. Photo by Aboud Hamam. Reporters who reached the Syrian city of Raqqa in October 2017 found an apocalypse of dust, death, and rubble. NPR described it as a “wasteland of war-warped buildings and shattered concrete.”
Raqqa: Syrian capital of the IS 'caliphate' - BBC
WebJul 4, 2017 · Raqqa, in northern Syria, became the de facto capital of the "caliphate" proclaimed by so-called Islamic State (IS) three years ago. The provincial city was transformed under IS, which...
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