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Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also Rakka) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Aleppo. It is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the Tabqa Dam , Syria's largest dam.
- Some Business Is Back
- Signs of Social Life
- 'We Couldn't Chat Like This'
- Much Rebuilding Still to Do
- Canada's Role
During CBC's recent trip to Raqqa, vegetable sellers and other food vendors were back in business — including this shop selling the sweet treat knafeh. Although vendors are set up to sell, few people in the city can afford to buy anything due to what analysts are calling an unprecedented economic crisis and the sharp decline of the Syrian pound.
A large portion of the city's buildings and infrastructure is still rubble, but its residents nevertheless try to have some social interaction. Even the sight of a few children gathering offers a glimpse of hope in a city with a long road to recovery.
Bookseller Ahmad al-Khabour Mohamad has started restocking his shelves, replacing some of the books burned under ISIS rule. He's kept his store's sign, now pockmarked with bullet holes. "Cigarettes weren't allowed; women couldn't walk by themselves; we couldn't chat like this," he said of life under ISIS. "It was hard." Mehmed al-Ezo is the directo...
The intense bombing of the city left behind a vast concrete wasteland of destruction. Many people in Raqqa worry that war — or even ISIS — could return to the city. In one attempt at renewal, Paradise Square — the site of public executions under ISIS — now features an "I ❤️ Raqqa" sign. The square has been given a facelift in an attempt to move pas...
Beyond Raqqa, the broader effort to help Syrians recover from the war got a boost Tuesday when Canada pledged an additional $49.5 million to the humanitarian effort to help the millions of Syrians across the Middle East displaced by the civil war. Minister of International Development Karina Gould told CBC's Margaret Evans in an exclusive interview...
Oct 20, 2022 · RAQQA, Syria, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Five years since Islamic State was driven from its Syrian headquarters at Raqqa, the city is still slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the...
Jun 5, 2018 · From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking why US-led Coalition forces destroyed the city, killing hundreds of civilians in the process of “liberating” them from the armed group calling itself “Islamic State” (IS), Amnesty International said in a new report ahead of the offensive’s anniversary.
Dec 5, 2018 · For three years Raqqa was the capital of the Islamic State, and it was the last ISIS stronghold to fall. Last summer, a Kurdish-led coalition of militias known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or...
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Raqqa Is in Ruins, and ISIS in Retreat. The flag of a U.S.-backed militia is raised in Naim Square, once the site of executions by ISIS. By Jared Malsin | Photographs by Emanuele Satolli for...
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Nov 21, 2015 · Raqqa, in northern Syria, became the de facto capital of the Islamic State after the militants seized it in late 2013. What was once a bustling city has been transformed under the group’s...
