This includes the city of Raqqa, which the group liberated from ISIS in October 2017 and has maintained control over since. While large portions of central Syria are simply classified by the ISW ...

US-backed forces say they have fully encircled Islamic State fighters in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an ...

The Islamic State took control of Raqqa in January 2014, and in the ensuing years it terrorized the population. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces launched an all-out battle for the city in June ...

Russian military police have taken control of a base near the Syrian city of Raqqa that was controlled by U.S. forces until a few days ago, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday Posted on Dec ...

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