Although Raqqa is the capital of Daesh’s caliphate, it is believed that the last great battle of significance of this caliphate war will take place to the southeast, in Deir ez-Zor, where many ...

The war in Syria began in 2011 when a pro-democracy ... Tens of thousands of civilians have fled the recent fighting, many of them heading to Raqqa province, which is held by the U.S.-backed ...

TASS/. Combat aircraft of the US and the coalition bombarded Syrian Raqqa like Germany’s Dresden was destroyed during World War II. In the operation to liberate the city from terrorists of the ...

Many groups formed to join the war, fighting both the regime forces ... establishing a “caliphate” around the Syrian city of Raqqa in 2014, a presence that inflicted violence on minorities ...

War, corruption and sanctions have taken a heavy toll on Syria, whose deepening poverty is ‘a dangerous accelerant in an already volatile environment’ ...

To manage the shifting balance of power, the United States will reportedly establish a joint coordination base near the ...

"the number of projectiles launched on Raqqa in the four-month assault is higher than anywhere else since the end of the Vietnam War." "The results of the use of US artillery and British and ...

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An enigmatic international spy in the service of Russia and a Spanish agent of Moroccan origin working for Europol coincide in the Syrian city of Raqqa, an enclave of the self-proclaimed Islamic ...

An essay on war loss and what remains silent images of deserted wartorn Raqqa impressively remind us of how valuable our everyday life is and how it hurts when its gone ...