Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But after being pummeled by airstrikes for months, ISIS' de-facto capital is now surrounded by US-backed ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The battle for the city of Raqqa, which Islamic State had used as its headquarters in Syria, is drawing to an end. Islamic State militants have lost swathes of land to various ...

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed Syrian forces celebrated in the devastated streets of Raqqa on Tuesday after gaining control of the northern city that once was the heart of the Islamic State’s self-styled ...

The 2017 battle for Raqqa marked the Islamic State group's defeat - Copyright AFP PRABIN RANABHAT Three French women including a niece of notorious jihadist ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition's failure to adequately acknowledge and investigate civilian deaths in the Syrian city of Raqqa is "a slap in the face for survivors" trying to rebuild their lives ...

BEIRUT (AP) - A spokesman for the U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria says they are waging the "final" battle to uproot the extremists from the northern city of Raqqa. Mustafa ...

CNN has gained rare access inside the Old City of Raqqa, as rebels and international forces tightened their circle around ISIS' de facto capital. US-led airstrikes breached the 1,300-year-old Rafiqah ...

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A senior U.S. official says Washington will provide air support for an offensive to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group. Brett McGurk, the White House ...

AIN ISSA, Syria (AP) — The 17-year old Indonesian girl made a persuasive case to her family: lured by what she had read online, she told her parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins they should all ...