In early June, Kurdish and Arab rebel forces with the support of the United States initiated a campaign to reclaim the Syrian city of Raqqa, by then the de facto capital of ISIS in the war-torn ...

Raqqa, Jan. 27 (SANA) Nestled on the banks of the Euphrates, the Raqqa Archaeological Museum offers a window into thousands of years of human history. From its beginnings as an Ottoman government ...

Last June 6th, the 73rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion that turned the tide of World War II in favor of the Allies, the U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS launched its final siege on the group’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in 2015, Jordan Ritter Conn went to Turkey to report on a rebel Syrian soccer ...

WHAT would you do if your home town were overrun by murderous totalitarians? Most would keep their heads down; few would be brave enough to risk their lives to inform the world. In “City of Ghosts”, a ...

Raqqa, Jan. 20 (SANA) Qasr al-Banat, an 11th-century palace southeast of the Syrian city of Raqqa, remains one of the area’s most important archaeological sites. It has survived centuries of conflict ...

FOR THE third time in its history, the city of Raqqa is in ruins. It was first destroyed by the Persians in the early sixth century when it was known as Callinicum but was rebuilt by the Byzantine ...

After months of fighting, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have conquered Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's so-called caliphate and its last major stronghold in the Middle East.