Raqqa

Over a dozen regime soldiers killed in Syria's Raqqa attack

At least 13 Syrian regime soldiers were killed and two were injured in the attack, according to local media.

A Syrian youth reportedly drowned while fleeing SDF's forced conscription

The youth in Raqqa have no option but to join the ranks of US-backed SDF. As per local accounts, a youth drowned in the Euphrates river to avoid it.

Car bomb kills eight civilians in northern Syria – Turkey

Turkey's defence ministry says the civilians were "slaughtered" by PKK/ YPG terror group in the attack in Suluk village that also wounded many others.

Syria's Raqqa still finding the dead, two years after Daesh fall

Even as Raqqa's people gradually rebuild, the graves found in houses, parks, destroyed buildings are a grim reminder of the Daesh horrors two years after the group was chased out of the Syrian city.

At least 200 corpses found in mass grave in Syria's Raqqa

The bodies included five middle-aged men in orange jumpsuits, the kind typically worn by Daesh hostages, as well as three women who were apparently stoned to death, the Britain-based SOHR said.

After Daesh, Raqqa has become a city of gangs, theft and SDF misrule

Locals and experts fear that the city is fast turning into a breeding ground for violent crime syndicates with the SDF militants failing to improve the security situation while indulging in corruption in frequent intervals.

Anti-YPG protests by Arabs grow in Syria's Deir Ezzor - locals

Arab residents complain about a lack of basic services and discrimination by local administrations run by the YPG, the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror group.

US-led coalition 'killed 1,600 civilians' in Syria's Raqqa

The coalition's military offensive "directly caused" these killings in 2017 and probably amount to violations of international humanitarian law, says a new joint report by Amnesty International and UK-based monitoring group, Airwars.

US-backed SDF says Daesh defeated in last Syria bastion

Militant outfit Syrian Democratic Forces claims end of terror group Daesh's hold in eastern Baghouz but says fight against "sleeper cells" on.

Syria's Raqqa still in ruins a year after Daesh defeat

The liberation of the Syrian city of Raqqa from Daesh came at a massive human cost and infrastructure damage. The US air strikes destroyed most of the city during the fight and thousands of civilian deaths still remain unaccounted for.

US-led 'war of annihilation' ruined Raqqa, devastated civilians – Amnesty

Based on the interviews of 112 residents of the Syrian city and investigation of the destroyed areas, Amnesty International says the US-led coalition may have committed war crimes in Raqqa.

French troops in close contact with PKK's Syrian branch - sources

French Special Forces are working in tandem with the PKK-linked YPG terror group in northern Syria following Donald Trump's withdrawal call for US troops, sources on the ground told Anadolu Agency.