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Entire families perished in US-led strikes on Raqqa that may have claimed more civilian lives than those of ISIS, NPR said in a shocking report tilting the Western media narrative on what has become of the “liberated” city. The retaking of Raqqa, Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) stronghold in Syria, was hailed as a major […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there should be an investigation into the massive airstrikes on residential areas in Syria’s Raqqa. Putin pointed out that the dead are still unburied and corpses are lying in the ruins. “As for crimes, go back to Raqqa and at least bury the dead bodies, which are still lying […]
Published time: 31 Dec, 2017 05:05 Two mass graves uncovered near the former terrorist stronghold of Raqqa became the final resting place for dozens of Syrians executed by ISIS. The effort to recover their remains is underway, with at least 115 bodies found so far. After the liberation of the former capital of the self-styled […]
The capture of Syria’s Raqqa by US-backed militias from jihadists came at the high cost of the virtual annihilation of the city itself. This victory, reminiscent of the one in Mosul, northern Iraq, could now pit the militias against the Syrian army. Raqqa, the Syrian stronghold of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) […]
REUTERS/Rodi Said RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raised a militia flag inside Raqqa stadium on Tuesday, one of the last remaining areas that were held by Islamic State in its former capital, a Reuters witness said. The flag of the Kurdish YPG, the strongest of the militias in the SDF, was […]
Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 07:46 The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have taken the National Hospital in Raqqa, one of the last remaining bastions of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in its former Syrian capital, Reuters reports, an SDF spokesman said. The SDF is now fighting IS in the area around Raqqa stadium, spokesman […]
Published time: 15 Oct, 2017 07:16 An Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) group used civilians as human shields to evacuate from the Syrian city of Raqqa overnight, a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told Reuters on Sunday. The US-backed SDF are still trying to oust Islamists from the city, and some foreign […]
Civilians fleeing Raqqa in Syria are sharing traumatic stories of how the US-led coalition’s bombing has reduced the city’s populated areas to rubble while Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants have been using people as human shields. [embedded content] Raqqa, known as a de-facto capital of Islamic State in Syria, is currently under siege by […]
Repeated targeting mistakes of the US-led coalition in Raqqa have caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure in the city, while a lack of humanitarian aid has led to a catastrophe, a senior Russian diplomat said. Oleg Syromolotov, who supervises counterterrorism cooperation with other nations on behalf of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said the actions of […]
Published time: 25 Sep, 2017 08:00 Edited time: 25 Sep, 2017 08:15 The US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria killed at least 84 civilians, 30 children among them, when it carried out two lethal airstrikes near Raqqa in March, HRW said, adding that “no precautions” to minimize civilian losses were taken. Read more “In the […]
