Raqqa is the capital of the geographic “caliphate,” but it is also a symbol. The geographic caliphate in Syria and Iraq is in its final days, but this is not the end — of either the ...

It is being squeezed out of existence. Its hold on Mosul, its last major redoubt in Iraq, is nearly gone. Raqqa, its stronghold in Syria and de facto capital, is next. When it falls — it is ...

as the city connects the two main Islamic State strongholds of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria. With Sinjar falling back under Kurdish control, the supply route used by ISIS between its two major ...

“Our military is assisting in Iraq,” Clinton said, and we are “hoping that within the year we’ll be able to push ISIS out of Iraq and really squeeze them in Syria.” Recalling her ...

The increase comes as local ground forces backed by air support from a U.S.-led coalition close in on the Islamic State’s two main urban bastions — Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq.

Raqqa’s national hospital and stadium were ... after ISIS carried out attacks on Yazidi villages in Northern Iraq’s Sinjar district. Their male relatives were killed in the attacks, the ...

For Macer, watching ISIS surrender in Raqqa was the end of the war for him ... "The ideology of hate and evil still exists in Syria and Iraq. It just fled to the desert, weaker but more aggressive ...

Daesh militants in Iraq are steadily losing ground ... the northeastern Syrian city of Raqqa. SDF forces are currently advancing from the north to Raqqa's west, where they are hoping to take ...

Campaign group Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently said ... in fear of his life. In Ninevah in Iraq, a man in his 50s paid with his life after being accused of adultery. The greying man was ...

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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 ...