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 ...

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by US special forces, celebrate at the frontline in the Islamic State (ISIS) group jihadists crumbling stronghold of Raqqa on October 16, 2017 ...

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 ...

A Syrian youth uses his cellphone to film the destroyed vehicles and heavily damaged buildings down a street in Raqqa on Oct. 20, 2017, after a Kurdish-led force expelled ISIS fighters from the ...

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.

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 ...

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also known as IS) has been driven from Raqqa, its major stronghold in Syria, but the violence grinds on as the Syrian regime, under the rule of dictator ...

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

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 ...