(Zaman Al Wasl)- U.S.-backed Kurdish forces took key district in Raqqa city after 48 hours of deadly bombing left more than 120 people killed, local activists said.   The Syrian Democratic Forces took full control of the neighborhood of al-Rashid east of the war-torn city. The...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 170 civilians have been killed in a week of heavy aerial bombing in Raqqa city as U.S. allies face resistance inside the eastern and western neighbourhoods of the  de facto capital of the Islamic State, monitoring groups said. Raqqa Is...

( The Guardian )- Islamic State closed the doors of Raqqa, its de facto capital in Syria, to civilians and blocked their escape from the city more than a year ago. Then some of their fighters began taking money from civilians in return for allowing them to leave – up to $800 per person. Many...

( The Guardian )- Concerns are mounting over the civilian cost of the US-led coalition’s campaign to reclaim Islamic State’s de facto capital of Raqqa, with reports of airstrikes killing and wounding hundreds of Syrians.  The reports, which cannot be definitively confirmed but are...