Steve Inskeep spoke with both of them, and started with a simple question to Ruth. STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: Ruth, I'm first curious how exactly one gets into Raqqa, Syria, on your own. How'd you get ...

They are students in Raqqa, Syria, a city that ISIS once claimed ... She makes it sound simple, but finding adults to teach them wasn't so easy. Most of the city's teachers had either fled or ...

But the people were known for their hospitality: “In Raqqa, the houses have no doors,” the saying went. Mustafa, a Kurd, describes the city of her childhood as “quiet, simple and beautiful”.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

AYN ISSA, Syria -- Just three weeks ago, walking the streets of Raqqa would have been suicidal for an American TV crew. Now, ISIS is losing its grip -- besieged by U.S. coalition airstrikes and ...