Kevin Howard, a 28-year old former US military contractor from California, who is part of the US-backed forces battling the Daesh group militants. — AP Macer Gifford, a 30-year former City broker in ...

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 ...

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 ...

MABROUKA CAMP, Syria – As the battle for the northern Syrian city of Raqqa raged around her, 30-year-old Fatima described the moment that fighters from the armed group still controlling most of the ...