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 ...

Here's what we know about the coming battle for Raqqa. The State of Play. Since January 2014, ISIS militants have controlled the eastern Syrian bastion in Deir Ezzor province.

ISIL preparing for the battle. Raqqa residents now await with fear the approaching offensive, says Nejm Al-Din Al-Nejm, a Syrian activist and journalist.

The report by the think tank RAND concluded that while the Defense Department made efforts to prevent civilian harm in the 2017 battle for Raqqa, there remains room for improvement.

But first: The battle to retake Syria's northern city of Raqqa from the Islamic State is inching closer to an end. ISIS seized control back in 2014, declaring it the capital of their caliphate.

Syrian rebels battle for control of Raqqa, which could become 1st city to fall under complete opposition control. March 5, 2013 / 9:49 AM EST / AP ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The battle for the Islamic State group's de-facto Syria capital, Raqqa, has reached its "final stages," the Syrian Democratic Forces said Wednesday, almost four months after the ...

The military battle for Raqqa city appears to be over. The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), with support from the US-led coalition, seized the Raqqa National Hospital, one of the last bastions of ...

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 ...

Raqqa is crucial to ISIS, both symbolically and strategically. When it was seized in early 2014, the northern Syrian city was anointed as the nerve center of the group’s sprawling bureaucracy.

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 ...