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Up To 50,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqa

Up to 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian jihadist stronghold of Raqa, the UN said Tuesday, warning that...

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Iraqi Troops Clearing Last IS Militants

Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul....

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In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water

Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group...

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US-Backed Forces Breach IS Defences In Heart of Syria’s Raqa

US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key...

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US-Backed Forces In Syria Breach Wall Surrounding Old City of Raqa

US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the city from...

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US-Backed Force Enter Syria’s Raqa From South

US-backed fighters pierced jihadist-held Raqa from the south for the first time on Sunday, crossing the Euphrates River...

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US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa

US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...

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US-Backed Force Cuts Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Thursday sealed off the last route used by the Islamic State group to flee an...

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Iraq Suicide Blast ‘kills 9’ In Anbar Province

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a town in western Iraq on Friday, killing at least eight civilians and a soldier,...

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The US Must Take Responsibility For Their Crimes In Syria

At the background of the previous incidents, the development of the current situation in Syria has taken a different...

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Fighters From Syria’s Raqa Battle To Oust IS From Their Hometown

Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting...

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We Retain the Right To Self Defense

The White House hit back at Russia on Monday after the Kremlin warned it would track US-led coalition aircraft in Syria...

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Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa

As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first...

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US-Backed Force Enters IS-Held Raqa

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces broke into the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa on Tuesday after...

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US-Backed Forces Announce ‘great Battle’ To Capture Syria’s Raqa

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they were launching a new phase in their assault on the Islamic...

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US-Backed Force On Eastern Edge of Syria’s Raqa

US-backed Syrian fighters reached the eastern edge of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Tuesday, a monitor...

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US-Led Strike Kills 21 Civilians Fleeing Syria’s Raqa

A US-led coalition air strike killed 21 civilians on Monday as they tried to escape the Islamic State group's Syrian...

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US-Backed Force Advances West of IS Syria Bastion Raqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance has seized new territory west of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa,...

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US-Backed Forces Prepare For Final Push On IS-Held Raqa

US-backed fighters said Friday they were preparing for a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion...