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US airstrikes kill 170 civilians in Raqqa: monitor

  (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...

Food access in Syria's Raqqa at 'critical turning point'

Food access in Syria's battle-torn Raqqa is now at "a critical turning point," aid organisations said Monday, with markets shuttered and residents depending fully on their dwindling stockpiles. Raqqa has been gripped by fierce fighting for nearly two months and the U.S.-backed Syrian...

Squeezed in Raqa, IS jihadists ramp up counter-attacks

As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists are ramping up the ferocity of their counter-attacks. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) first broke into Raqa in early June and have advanced in a pincer-like motion towards...