Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also al-Raḳḳa, Kurdish: Reqa) is a city in Syria on the North 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.

The 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 Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الرقة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Reqa) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km 2. [1] The capital is Raqqa.

Oct 20, 2022 · 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 between U.S.-backed forces and the...

The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who...

Oct 17, 2017 · US-backed fighters said Tuesday that major military operations in Raqqa are over, marking a significant moment for the war on ISIS – and in some ways, its end.

Oct 20, 2017 · Despite the military's victory, there is still much to be done in Raqqa, from securing the city and restoring essential services to combating the last pockets of ISIS in eastern Syria and western Iraq. More broadly, the group's global network of …

Raqqa 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. When Ahmed Hassan was a child, he played soccer in a...

Jul 27, 2020 · 3 Raqqa Museum (متحف الرقة). Damaged during the civil war, the museum has now been renovated and is once again open to the public. However, of the more than 5,000 artifacts that was housed before the war, only about 1,300 remains. (updated Dec …

Updated Oct. 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Raqqa was declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on this day in 2017. Why was Raqqa so important in the Syrian Civil War? Raqqa was of strategic importance because it served as the self-proclaimed capital of ISIS and was a center for the […]