Raqqa

Syria's government faces pivotal moment against SDF, as it retakes largest oil field - analysis

Overnight on January 17 and 18, there were major changes on the ground as Arab tribal fighters claimed to seize control of a number of villages and two oil fields on the East side of the Euphrates.

 Soldiers from the Syrian Democratic Forces stand in front of the detainees before the first exchange operation between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government in Aleppo, Syria, April 3, 2025.
SDF arrests a five-man ISIS terror cell north of Raqqa, November 1, 2025.

Syrian Democratic Forces arrest five ISIS cell members in Raqqa raid

A fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces stands amidst the ruins of buildings near the Clock Square in Raqqa, Syria October 18, 2017.

Russians near Raqqa two years after US helped take city from ISIS

A Syrian refugee child plays in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 28, 2018.

In border camps, Syrians rely on doctors in trucks and tents


Red Cross appeals for three staff missing in Syria since 2013

U.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria last month, eliminating its rule over a caliphate which it had proclaimed in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross stand near Erez Crossing in 2007.

ISIS bride on Syria's war: I only saw America killing

Her words offer a snapshot of the feelings harbored by the followers and fighters of the hardline group who have poured out of the enclave by the thousand over the past month.

PEOPLE WALK through debris in the center of Afrin, Syria, on March 24, 2018.

Kids struggle to go back to school in post-Islamic State Raqqa

The children have lost out on five years of schooling.

One of the playgrounds in Raqqa donated by the Free Burma Rangers.

Operation Roundup: The final battle with ISIS enters last phase in Syria

A coalition spokesman said hard core ISIS fighters, including foreign fighters, still remain in the Euphrates river valley.

An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

Bringing hope to Raqqa after ISIS

Free Burma Rangers bring aid to liberated parts of Syria.

One of the playgrounds in Raqqa donated by the Free Burma Rangers.

In Syria's Raqqa, corpses still lie in the rubble

The Raqqa Civil Council has said it will take 5.3 billion Syrian lira (about $10 million) a year to restore power and water supplies, roads and schools.

Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces ride atop an armoured vehicle after Raqqa was liberated from the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, Syria

Five reasons US comments on staying in Syria matter

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says US is shifting to stabilizing eastern Syria, which will mean more diplomats and contractors.

Jim Mattis

Ex-CIA chief: Let Israel buy bunker busters to deter Tehran

‘We are defeating ISIS, but leaving Iran, Russia and their friends in stronger position’.

MICHAEL HAYDEN

Russia accuses US-led coalition of 'barbaric' bombing of Syria's Raqqa

While US President Donald Trump just touted the victory of ISIS in Raqqa, the Kremlin is charging that the celebration is a US attempt to cover up the damage it wreaked.

Houses destroyed in Raqqa.

Trump: Raqqa fall 'critical breakthrough,' end of Islamic State in sight

"With the liberation of ISIS’s capital and the vast majority of its territory, the end of the ISIS caliphate is in sight," US President Donald Trump has announced.

A MEMBER of ISIS waves the group’s flag in Raqqa