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Sep 27, 2017 · A BBC exclusive on the final stages of the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa -- the last major stronghold of the self-styled Islamic State. The current offensive by Arab and Kurdish fighters...
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Jul 2, 2017 · Sky News has been on the frontline in the battle for Raqqa in Syria, witnessing how Arab and Kurdish forces are closing in on the de facto capital of Islamic...
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Sep 20, 2017 · Three months into the offensive to retake the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, the tide is beginning to turn. Syrian Democratic Forces took the Old City, including ...
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Oct 20, 2022 · Islamic State was defeated at Raqqa by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by air strikes mounted by the U.S.-led coalition. The battle left entire districts in ruins.
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...
Apr 25, 2019 · The US-led military Coalition must end almost two years of denial about the massive civilian death toll and destruction it unleashed in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Amnesty International and Airwars said today as they launched a new data project on the offensive to oust the armed group calling itself “Islamic State” (IS).
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Mar 28, 2017 · WATCH: Assad’s forces and US-backed fighters in rivalry to retake Raqqa from ISIL (2:24) Turkey, a key US ally, has decried Washington’s intentions, considering one of the SDF’s main constituents...
