The recently-declared battle by a U.S.-backed Kurdish rebel group to liberate the Syrian city of al-Raqqa from the Islamic State (IS) group is no more than a "media campaign" timed to coincide with ...

Residents of Raqqa have launched a grassroots campaign to clean and restore the historic Qasr al-Banat archaeological site, a ...

Before Syria's civil war erupted in 2011, national oil production stood at between 400,000 and 500,00 barrels per day before ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 26, 2021)—Children in Al Raqqa, North East Syria, are still living among ruins, with limited water, electricity, and access to education, four years after the city was taken ...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had taken over al-Aktan prison in the city of Raqqa in northeastern Syria, a facility that was formerly under the control of Kurdish-led ...

UNHCR is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of the civilian population in Al Raqqa city, where an estimated 8,000 people remain trapped by ongoing fighting. Those who manage to escape ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group's brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. He wants to leave Syria ...

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that ...

AMMAN (Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Islamist State of Iraq and the Levant executed dozens of rival Islamists over the last two days as the group recaptured most territory it had lost in the ...