So urban fighting carries a high cost. Still, for four reasons, as the battle for Mosul gets underway, it’s also time to commence the battle for Raqqa, the capital city of Daesh (also known as ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces coalition announced at a news conference in Raqqa the city was liberated from IS militants on October 20. Russian Defense Ministry compared US coalition bombing of ...

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MACER Gifford watched as bloodied ISIS terrorists limped out of the bombed-out city of Raqqa and into the Syrian desert, broken and defeated. After three years of brutal street fighting against ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Two Syrian women worked with the Swedish news organization Expressen to secretly film what life is like in Raqqa, the Syrian city ISIS has claimed as its capital.