Tag: raqqa

To fast or not? Free of IS, Syrians in Raqqa mark...

RAQQA: To fast or not to fast? For the first time in years, Syrians in Raqqa can choose to observe a relaxed Ramzan, without...

Abducted boy raised by US Islamic State woman in Raqqa

DOHUK: Eight-year-old Ayham Azad loves America, insists on speaking only in English and says he wants to be "an American man" when he grows...

Two mass graves found in Syria

RAQQA: Two mass graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by Islamic State jihadists have been found in the west...

Hundreds of ISIS fighters, including Pakistanis, fled Raqqa under secret deal:...

LONDON: Hundreds of Islamic State fighters, including Pakistanis and Europeans, and their families escaped from terrorist group’s former stronghold of Raqqa in Syria as part of...

Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for...

WASHINGTON: The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United...

Islamic State cleared from Syria’s Raqqa: monitoring group

RAQQA, Syria: US-backed militias have completely taken Syria’s Raqqa from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The fall of Raqqa...