Reporting from RAQQAH, Syria — The crowd was seething with frustration. “We want to go inside!” one man yelled. “They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.” Some of the U.S ...

The city of Raqqa, also known as al-Raqqah and ar-Raqqah, is in northern Syria on the banks of the Euphrates River, about 50 miles south of the border with Turkey.

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly ...

Raqqah was the first urban center to fall under the full control of the Sunni Muslim extremist group’s black-clad fighters in January 2014 following clashes with rival groups opposed to the ...

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly la… ...

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly ...

Reporting from RAQQAH, Syria — The crowd was seething with frustration. “We want to go inside!” one man yelled. “They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.” Some of the U.S ...

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly ...

“They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.”Some of the U.S.-backed fighters who drove Islamic State militants from the Syrian city in October tried to reason with him.

Before it fell under the sway of Islamic State in January 2014, the Syrian crossroads city of Raqqah, on the northern banks of the Euphrates River in historic Mesopotamia, had lived out a richly la… ...

“They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.”Some of the U.S.-backed fighters who drove Islamic State militants from the Syrian city in October tried to reason with him.

“They told us when Raqqah is liberated we can go home.”Some of the U.S.-backed fighters who drove Islamic State militants from the Syrian city in October tried to reason with him.