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Raqqa
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December 26, 2022, 9:25 pm
Six killed in Islamic State attack on SDF security HQ in Raqqa
Jihadists assault area containing a military intelligence prison housing some 200 IS inmates; two attackers were wearing explosive belts, says spokesperson for Kurdish force
By
HOGIR AL ABDO
June 16, 2022, 5:35 pm
US-led military raid in Syria captures senior Islamic State leader
Coalition against terror group doesn’t identify target, but unofficial sources say it was Ahmad Hani al-Kurdi, a bomb-maker and former IS governor of Raqqa
By
Qassim Abdul-Zahra
May 10, 2022, 7:09 pm
Israel’s Watergen provides ‘water-from-air’ units to medical facility in Syria
Partnering with US organization that delivers aid to Syrians, Petah Tikva firm installs first of 10 planned water units in former IS HQ Raqqa
By
Ricky Ben-David
May 31, 2020, 2:00 pm
Report: Iranian militia sites targeted in northern Syria
Sky News Arabia says Tehran-backed forces were bombed overnight near Raqqa, without specifying who was behind strikes
By
Judah Ari Gross
October 27, 2019, 12:18 pm
Kurdish commander: ‘Historic’ Baghdadi op was result of joint intel work with US
Turkey also says it coordinated with American military ahead of Syria operation, which is said to have killed leader of Islamic State terror group
By
Agencies
and
ToI Staff
July 3, 2019, 5:41 pm
200 corpses found in mass grave in Syria’s Raqqa
As many as 800 people, many of them victims of Islamic State, could be buried in total, local official says
By
AFP
May 30, 2019, 3:25 pm
Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin Iraqi and Syrian harvests
Having lost its territory, the Islamic State group continues to harass local populations, setting fire to crops, though some say Damascus is using blazes to harass populations
By
SALAR SALIM
and
Sarah El Deeb
November 27, 2018, 6:55 pm
Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Syria’s Raqqa
Panorama grave, named after the neighborhood where it was found, believed to contain some 1,500 bodies, is among the largest of nine such graves discovered so far
By
Zeina Karam
October 19, 2018, 10:36 am
One year after IS ‘defeat,’ Syria’s Raqqa still lives in fear
Jihadists no longer control the war-ravaged city, but sleeper cells continue to terrorize the population; a new local security force looks to bring quiet
By
Delil Souleiman
June 5, 2018, 5:18 am
Rights group: US coalition killed hundreds of civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
Amnesty accuses US-led forces of showing little regard for lives of non-combatants, indiscriminately shelling city in battle for de-facto IS capital
By
AP
March 16, 2018, 11:24 am
Senior Kurdish official, key to US policy in Syria, killed
Omar Alloush, found dead in his apartment, played an important role in forming the US-backed civil council for Raqqa
By
Sarah El Deeb
December 26, 2017, 10:33 am
After surviving inferno of war, displaced Syrians battle the cold
Without heating, blankets, warm clothes, or access to proper medical care, and as night temperatures plummet to near zero, winter can be deadly at the Ain Issa camp
By
Delil Souleiman
December 22, 2017, 10:14 am
This Christmas, Raqqa’s churches demined but deserted
Armenians and Syriac Christians, who once made up 1% of city’s population, have no plans to hold services this year
By
Delil Souleiman
November 30, 2017, 7:26 pm
Over 400 US Marines being withdrawn from Syria anti-Islamic State operation
American troops were involved in providing artillery support for forces fighting jihadists; officials say 801 civilians have been killed unintentionally in coalition air strikes
By
AFP
November 23, 2017, 8:18 pm
In ‘unprecedented’ hiatus, Islamic State media offline for a day
Terror group’s online propaganda channel usually posts a dozen messages a day, but has cut back on production over last few weeks
By
AFP
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