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US-led strikes killed 224 civilians since allies entered Raqqa
US-led coalition air strikes have killed at least 224 civilians since the Syrian forces it backs entered ISIS group bastion Raqqa a month ago, a ... Middle East -
Kurdish saviors turn torturers for long-suffering Raqqa residents
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Syrian Democratic Forces breach Raqqa’s Old City in ISIS fight
US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqqa as they try to retake the city from ISIS, the US Central Command ... Middle East -
US-backed forces launch new attack on ISIS in Raqqa
US-backed fighters have launched a renewed attack on ISIS group militants inside their Syrian bastion Raqqa, seeking to retake a key eastern ... Middle East -
Hundreds flee Mosul as Iraqi forces squeeze extremists
Hundreds of civilians fled Mosul’s Old City on Friday as Iraqi forces slowly squeezed the last pockets of ISIS resistance, and the UN warned ... Middle East -
ISIS retakes Raqqa district from Syrian Democratic Forces: monitor
ISIS militants recaptured an eastern district of their Syrian bastion Raqqa on Friday, a monitor said, rolling back the advance of US-backed fighters. ... Middle East -
US-backed SDF sees big risk of clash with Turkey in northwest Syria
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces warned on Thursday of the prospect of fierce confrontation with the Turkish army in northwestern Syria if it ... Middle East -
ISIS pushes use of its currency in Syria
ISIS ordered shopkeepers and traders to price goods in its currency, the dirham, as of Tuesday and set the value at 1,000 Syrian pounds ($1.80) per ... Middle East -
Kurdish YPG fighters find ISIS tunnels in Syria's Raqqa
Fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) said that they found tunnels used by ISIS, after seizing the western side of Raqqa. ... Middle East -
ISIS wives escaping Raqqa regret joining group ‘that deviated from Islam’
Whether they joined their husbands willingly or not, many wives of ISIS militants say the group’s extremist members are desperate for their ... Features -
US-backed Syrian groups take Raqqa district from ISIS
A US-backed Syrian coalition of Kurdish and Arab groups advanced against ISIS in the militants’ Syrian capital of Raqqa on Sunday, taking the al ... Middle East -
A quarter of Raqqa has been seized from ISIS
US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqqa from ISIS group, a monitor said Monday, less than three weeks after they first entered the ... Middle East -
Russia says ‘highly likely’ ISIS leader Baghdadi is killed
There is a high degree that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by an airstrike carried out by the Russian Air Force in Syria in late May ... Middle East -
WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization ... Middle East -
US-backed SDF will retaliate if Syrian govt attacks again: spokesman
US-backed Syrian militias accused the Syrian government on Monday of bombing their positions southwest of Raqqa city in recent days and threatened to ... Middle East -
Syria troops advance in Raqqa towards Deir Ezzor
The Syrian army on Sunday advanced into the northern province of Raqqa as part of an offensive to reach the neighboring oil-rich province of Deir ... Middle East -
Russia’s military says may have killed ISIS leader Baghdadi
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed ... Middle East -
Raqqa battle intensifies as militants shoot escapees
ISIS militants in Raqqa are passing themselves off as civilians to try to avoid intensifying air strikes and shooting anyone caught trying to escape ... Middle East -
UN: ‘Staggering’ civilian deaths from US-led air strikes in Raqqa
United Nations war crimes investigators said on Wednesday that intensified coalition air strikes supporting an assault by US-backed forces on ISIS ... Middle East -
Syrian-Democratic forces advance towards old Raqqa
According to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) succeeded in controlling 70% of the industrial district, which ... Middle East -
From ‘caliph’ to fugitive: ISIS leader Baghdadi’s new life on the run
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his ‘caliphate’ but even though he is on the run, it ... Features -
US-backed Syrian fighters reach old city walls in ISIS-held Raqqa
US-backed Syrian militias advanced further into ISIS’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa from the east on Monday, reaching the walls of the Old City, a ... Middle East -
US-backed force says seized first western district in Raqqa
US-backed Syrian fighters captured their first western district of the ISIS group’s bastion Raqqa on Sunday, days after seizing an eastern ... Middle East -
US-backed Syrian militias push into ISIS-held Raqqa
US-backed Syrian forces have advanced into opposite sides of ISIS’s so-called Syrian capital of Raqqa, the forces and a war monitor said on ... Middle East -
UNICEF: More than 40,000 children at risk in Syria’s Raqqa
The United Nation’s children agency is warning that the fight for the ISIS group’s stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria is threatening ... Middle East -
Syrian government warplanes strike ISIS near Raqqa city
Syrian government warplanes struck ISIS positions west of Raqqa city on the southern bank of the Euphrates river on Thursday, state media said. &ldquo ... Middle East -
Syrian regime replicates the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces
The Syrian regime began to form new militias under the name of “Popular Mobilization Forces,” similar to those in Iraq. The main members ... Middle East -
Coalition: Raqqa offensive aims to deal ‘decisive blow’ to ISIS
The offensive that saw US-backed forces break into ISIS’s Syrian stronghold Raqqa on Tuesday aims to deal a “decisive blow” to the ... Middle East -
US-backed force enters ISIS-held Raqqa from east
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces broke into ISIS’s Syrian bastion of Raqqa on Tuesday, less than an hour after declaring a new phase in ... Middle East -
Kurdish YPG: ‘Major operation’ to capture Syria’s Raqqa to start in days
A US-backed operation by Syrian forces to capture ISIS’s Syrian “capital” of Raqqa will start in the next “few days”, ... Middle East