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Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently
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April 13, 2017, 7:47 pm
Misdirected Syria strike by US-led forces kills 18 allied fighters
Pilots given wrong coordinates, bomb Kurdish position; unclear which air force carried out raid
By
PHILIP ISSA
and
Bassam Mroue
March 29, 2017, 9:26 pm
IS holds terrified civilians as human shields as Raqqa battle nears
Residents of Syrian city are trapped, forced to dress as jihadists, receive confused messages, as militants brace to defend de facto capital
By
Lori Hinnant
and
Bassam Mroue
March 28, 2017, 9:23 am
US-backed fighters pause operations amid fears over Syria dam
Civilians are reportedly evacuating Raqqa due to concerns that the Tabqa dam on the Euphrates River may collapse
By
Bassam Mroue
March 26, 2017, 4:04 pm
Islamic State orders evacuation of Raqqa amid dam collapse fears
Jihadist terror group claims shelling by US-backed forces has damaged installation’s power unit, causing water levels to rise
By
Agencies
March 22, 2017, 4:13 pm
US Marines said to land behind Islamic State lines in Syria
Reported deployment of American troops to territory held by terror group part of offensive to retake city of Raqqa
By
AP
November 16, 2016, 12:19 pm
IS tightens grip on Syria bastion Raqqa as assault nears
Jihadists clamp down on internet and media to mask advances by coalition forces approaching city
By
Rouba El Husseini
August 12, 2016, 5:20 am
Russia strikes IS capital Raqqa amid Aleppo fight
Moscow says chemical weapons plant hit, as accusations surface of chlorine attack in ongoing Syrian fighting
By
Zeina Karam
and
PHILIP ISSA
May 28, 2016, 6:27 am
Hundreds of civilians flee Iraq’s Fallujah area
Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces last week launched offensive to retake city, one of only two major locations still held by Islamic State
By
AFP
May 11, 2016, 11:34 pm
Islamic State’s ‘General Shawarma’ killed in strike
Abu Wahib was mocked online for his choice of camouflage, unibrow
By
ToI Staff
May 1, 2016, 8:56 pm
IS beheads four young ‘spies’ in Raqqa, watchdog says
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports victims were killed for allegedly providing intel to US-led coalition
By
AFP
December 28, 2015, 1:21 am
Syrian anti-IS filmmaker ‘assassinated’ in Turkey
Naji Jerf, 37, shot with silencer-equipped pistol just days before he was to travel to France on asylum visa
By
AFP
December 17, 2015, 1:48 am
Anti-IS group says 1 of its journalists killed in Syria
Ahmad Mohamed al-Mousa is latest member of advocacy group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently to be assassinated
By
AP
December 7, 2015, 3:59 am
Airstrikes target IS de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria
32 Islamic State fighters said killed as air campaign against jihadist group continues to escalate
By
Albert Aji
and
Bassam Mroue
November 27, 2015, 9:21 am
Sirens ring out as air strikes hit IS Syria stronghold
Alarms, tunnels, smaller oil tankers and less pressure on civilians — Islamic State adaps to life under bombardment
By
AFP
October 31, 2015, 3:50 am
2 anti-Islamic State activists murdered in Turkey
Jihadist group does not claim responsibility for killings of members of Raqqa-based collective
By
Bassam Mroue
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