Raqa
Indonesians Decry IS ‘lies’ After Fleeing Syria’s Raqa
When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, she says she thought she was...
US-Backed Syria Fighters Near Old City of IS-Held Raqa
US-backed Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group pushed closer to the Old City in the jihadist stronghold of...
US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base
US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...
Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions
Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...
IS Is Reorganizing, Targeting Europe
Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on...
When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?
The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...
Five Iranian Attackers Were In Mosul, Raqa With IS
The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
Fierce Clashes As US-Backed Force Battles IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters fought fierce battles Thursday as they tried to push further into the Islamic State group's Syrian...
Syrian Army Pushes Into Raqa Province
Syria's army advanced into Raqa province Tuesday, a monitor and a military source said, on the same day US-backed...
How Syria’s Raqa Resisted IS Rule
Secret dates, dead-drops and "bullet-free" maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic...
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...
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...
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...
Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS
Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...
200,000 Flee Raqa Ahead of Assault By Syrian Forces
Around 200,000 people have fled the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa, a US military official said, as US-backed Syrian...
US-Backed Arab Fighters Advance Outside Syria’s Raqa
A US-backed battalion of Syrian Arab fighters edged closer to the outskirts of the Islamic State group stronghold of...
Major Attacks On Mideast Christians
Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave of...
Anti-IS Coalition Trains Policemen In Syria’s Raqa
Dozens of young men gathered Tuesday in a school yard in northern Syria to take the oath at a police graduation...
US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...