Raqqa’s buildings were mostly destroyed before and during the battle to liberate the city from IS, in Raqqa, Syria, July 20, 2019. (S. ... in Raqqa, Syria, July 20, 2019. (S.

For the last five years, photographer Alice Martins has documented Raqqa before and after Islamic State occupation. ... looking behind her as she waited to buy bread in a small shop in Raqqa, Syria.

This Oct. 19, 2017 frame grab made from drone video shows damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria two days after Syrian Democratic Forces said that military operations to oust the Islamic State group ...

Just as liberating Raqqa may do as much to create new conflicts in Syria as “defeating” ISIS, liberating Mosul may end up dividing Iraq. Once again, the United States has built up the Kurds as a major ...

RAQQA, Syria (AFP) — A year after a US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters drove the Islamic State group from the northern city of Raqqa, traumatized civilians still live in fear of near-daily ...

Since 2017, after the coalition and its Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) allies defeated ISIS in the city, Raqqa – a Sunni Arab ...

According to officials, about 2,000 U.S. troops remain in Syria. The SDF retook Raqqa from ISIS in mid-October, after an intense, street-to-street battle involving an estimated 2,500 ISIS fighters.

The city of Raqqa symbolises the tragic fate of Syria over the past 12 years. From the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, the northern city was a major target for ...

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...

On Oct. 17, 2017, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said it cleared Raqqa, the Islamic State's de facto Syrian capital, of all militant fighters.