Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detained at least 16 journalists in Raqqa on July 30. Where the SDF forces have arrested media figures as part of a security campaign in Syria’s
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Civilian Casualties: Lessons from the Battle for Raqqa
Reporters who reached the Syrian city of Raqqa in October 2017 found an apocalypse of dust, death, and rubble. NPR described it as a “wasteland of war-warped buildings and shattered
Former IS fighters say they paid way out of Kurdish jail in ‘reconciliation’ scheme
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As much of the Western world focuses on the growing threat from the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan, new intelligence suggests that there is reason again to worry about
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Northern Syria is experiencing its most severe recorded wave of COVID-19 yet, with needs fast outpacing limited oxygen supplies and health facilities running out of testing kits. In the country’s
ISIS POISED FOR A RAMADAN SURGE IN SYRIA
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10 Years Syrian Revolution anniversary, Syria in numbers.
$1.2 trillion: economic cost of 10 years of war, according to the World Vision charity. 98%: devaluation of the Syrian pound to the $ on the black market over the
Conscription by SDF agonizing Raqqa residents
It has been two years since Jaber, who works in a car repair shop, was stuck in Raqqa city, unable to leave it at all. He fears the conscription checkpoints