Hundreds of civilians were killed during the United States-led coalition’s military offensive to remove the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group from its self-styled ...

Soil salinization is a complex and expanding crisis in rural Raqqa, where fields are becoming unusable and farmers have ...

The recently-declared battle by a U.S.-backed Kurdish rebel group to liberate the Syrian city of al-Raqqa from the Islamic State (IS) group is no more than a "media campaign" timed to coincide with ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 26, 2021)—Children in Al Raqqa, North East Syria, are still living among ruins, with limited water, electricity, and access to education, four years after the city was taken ...

RAQQA, Syria, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Eight years after being freed from the grip of the Islamic State (IS) group, the Syrian city of Raqqa is once again standing at a crossroads, with residents hoping ...

UNHCR is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of the civilian population in Al Raqqa city, where an estimated 8,000 people remain trapped by ongoing fighting. Those who manage to escape ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group's brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. He wants to leave Syria ...

Raqqa, April 26 (SANA) Residents of Raqqa have launched a grassroots campaign to clean and restore the historic Qasr al-Banat archaeological site, a landmark dating back to the early Islamic period ...