The Syrian authorities found two mass graves with the bodies of dozens of civilians and soldiers who are presumed to have been killed by Isis in the northern region of Raqqa on the border with Turkey. In a statement by the Syrian government civil protection and released by the official agency Sana, it is specified that the discovery took place in [...]
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Two ISIS figures from nineties who fled Raqqa are accused of having ordered some of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Turkey. This was revealed by sources of Ankara intelligence, cited by Hurriyet, according to which the so-called 'emir' Ilhami Bali and Mustafa Dokumaci would be among the hundreds of jihadists who fled during the siege of the former capital of Isis in [...]
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Syria: Kurdish-Arab militia commander, "final assault" on Raqqa will begin tonight According to Nova, the final assault on the last line of defense of the Islamic State in Raqqa, in northeastern Syria, will begin tonight. This was announced by Ardal Raqqa, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the group of Kurdish-Arab militias supported by the US and engaged for months [...]
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The Syrian observatory for human rights has announced that the self-styled Islamic State has practically lost control of the city of Raqqa, a city in northeastern Syria under the control of IS since 2014 and considered the capital of the self-proclaimed Caliphate. The last remaining jihadists in the city concentrated in the city center. Forces […]
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Syria, the Amnestey report, civilians trapped in Raqqa and used as human shields Thousands of civilians are trapped in Raqqa, in northern Syria, subjected to crossfire from all parties involved in the final phase of the battle for control of the city. Amnesty International denounced this at the end of an investigation carried out in the field. The organization [...]
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The Syrian army, backed by strong Russian airstrikes, captured a series of oil wells in the southwestern province of Raqqa yesterday as Islamic State military militants retreat to defend their territory in the country. Ikhbariyah state television quoted a military source as saying that the army had taken control of [...]
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