The land around Raqqa, which was a regular flash point in Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war, is littered with land mines, ...

Arming the Kurds is seen by the Pentagon as key to retaking the Syrian city of Raqqa, which ISIS considers its capital. The Syrian Democratic Forces, which include Kurd and Arab fighters ...

Coalition & SDF arrest 3 ISIS suspects in Raqqa night raid amid rising attacks. 104 ISIS operations recorded in Western ...

US-backed forces fighting ISIS in Raqqa say “major military operations” in the city have ended and that the jihadists have lost control of their self-declared capital. The development marks a ...

In the southeastern desert, heavy fighting continued between the army and its Iranian backed allies on one side and the ...

Local sources report that a U.S. drone strike targeted positions of factions affiliated with al-Jolani in northern Raqqa ...

Raqqa was once the "capital" city of ISIS's self-declared caliphate. — -- The liberation of Raqqa on Friday marked a historic end to the physical caliphate declared by ISIS in June of 2014.

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 ...

Just over a year ago, ISIS was pushed out of the Syrian city of Raqqa. Now residents are trying to recover from a brutal military campaign which included house to house fighting and U.S. bombs.

In one terrible moment, Muhammad Ahmed Tadfi lost 10 members of his family when an airstrike destroyed their home in the west of Raqqa. His mother, brother, sister-in-law and seven nieces and ...