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 ...

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A senior U.S. official says Washington will provide air support for an offensive to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group. Brett McGurk, the White House ...

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed Syrian forces celebrated in the devastated streets of Raqqa on Tuesday after gaining control of the northern city that once was the heart of the Islamic State’s self-styled ...

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 ...