For the previous two weeks, residents of Raqqa and the Islamic State had been bracing for President Obama to make good on his promise to start bombing the Islamic State.

The U.S.-led coalition began bombing targets inside Syria, including Raqqa, in September 2014. Since then Russia, France, and most recently, the UK have all sent war planes into Syria ...

France sends fighter jets to bomb a series of ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria, on Sunday in what officials described as a major bombardment.

Raqqa: View From The ... Steve, when I was in Raqqa in February, I told you it looked like the pictures of Dresden, the German city bombed by the Allies during World War II. INSKEEP: Yeah.

In Tabqa, a town near Raqqa that McGurk visited, I met a father whose 12-year old daughter died while lined up at a bakery that was bombed by the US-led coalition.

The Syrian city of Raqqa is blanketed in despair. Residents survive in a wasteland of war-warped buildings and shattered concrete. They sleep exposed to the elements in homes with blown-out walls.

Following the reported white phosphorus attacks on June 8th and 9th, Raqqa’s main commercial and social avenue — February 23rd Street — reportedly came under three straight days of bombing.

Militias declare victory in city ISIS considered its capital 02:30. RAQQA -- Militias declared victory Tuesday in Raqqa, the city the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria considered its capital.But it ...

War on ISIS: U.S. Bombing Pushes Final Christians Out of Raqqa Published Aug 10, 2017 at 8:35 AM EDT Updated Aug 10, 2017 at 11:34 AM EDT A damaged building is seen in Raqqa city, Syria, on July 28.

The overnight strike included 10 fighter jets, bombing Raqqa, Syria, which is the base of Islamic State operations. Comments. News. John Shammas. 06:32, 17 Nov 2015 Updated 08:54, 17 Nov 2015.

The U.S. has engaged its most intense bombing campaign since Vietnam in order to support militia forces in the battle for Raqqa, the Syrian city the Islamic State calls their capital. Capturing ...

In East Raqqa City, half-a-mile from the front line, an ISIS car bomb still smoldering from this attack the day before. Coalition mortars sailing overhead. Temperatures topped 115 degrees, but ...