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Final Assault On ISIS In Former Syrian Capital Starts Today: Commander
A final assault on ISIS' last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on today night, a field commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by a US-led coalition, said today
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A Journey To The Capital Of ISIS' Imagined Caliphate
It took Ahmed Brazu and his family 20 terrifying hours to escape this ravaged city, the capital of the Islamic State's imagined caliphate that has become an increasingly perilous battlefield.
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Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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Barack Obama Unlikely To See Assault On ISIS' Syria Stronghold
A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.
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From Mosul To Raqqa? A Complex, Risky Battle Against ISIS
Simultaneous attacks on the ISIS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa, the de facto capital of the terror group's self-proclaimed caliphate across the border in Syria, would make military sense: such assaults would make it harder for the extremists to move reinforcements and deny them a safe haven.
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ISIS Declares Emergency In Self-Declared Capital: US Official
ISIS has declared a state of emergency in their de-facto capital of Raqqa in Syria, a US official has said while asserting that the dreaded terror network is feeling "threatened".
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Air Strikes Hit ISIS Stronghold In Syria: Human Rights Body
More than 35 air strikes hit ISIS's de facto capital in Syria overnight, killing at least 13 people and wounding many in the city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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France Launches Fierce Assault on ISIS Targets in Syria in Coordination With the US
French warplanes launched a ferocious retaliatory assault late Sunday on targets in Raqqa, Syria - the Islamic State's de facto capital - after coordination with U.S. defense officials who helped with the targeting.
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US Plans to Capture the Islamic State's Capital go Awry
Fifty tons of ammunition air-dropped by the U.S. military last week and intended for Arab groups has instead been claimed by the overall command of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, which is fighting alongside Arab units
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Father of Pilot Captured by IS Pleads for Release, Urges Militants to Show 'Hospitality'
The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son's release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, speaking to reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman today, also urged the militants to show "hospitality" toward his son.
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Islamic State Abusing Women, Excising Them From Public Life: Report
Extremists are working to excise women from public life across the territory controlled by the Islamic State group, stretching hundreds of kilometers from the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the west to the edges of the Iraqi capital in the east.
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Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital
Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and residents said.
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Final Assault On ISIS In Former Syrian Capital Starts Today: Commander
A final assault on ISIS' last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on today night, a field commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by a US-led coalition, said today
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A Journey To The Capital Of ISIS' Imagined Caliphate
It took Ahmed Brazu and his family 20 terrifying hours to escape this ravaged city, the capital of the Islamic State's imagined caliphate that has become an increasingly perilous battlefield.
-
Obama's White House Worked For Months On A Plan To Seize Raqqa. Trump's Team Deemed It Hopelessly Inadequate.
Planning for the final assault on Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's caliphate, had been grinding on for more than seven months. There had been dozens of meetings of President Barack Obama's top national security team, scores of draft battle plans and hundreds of hours of anguished, late-night debates.
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Barack Obama Unlikely To See Assault On ISIS' Syria Stronghold
A US-backed assault on Raqqa, ISIS' de facto capital in Syria, is unlikely to pierce the city itself before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, denying him the chance to claim the end of the group's "caliphate" as part of his legacy.
-
From Mosul To Raqqa? A Complex, Risky Battle Against ISIS
Simultaneous attacks on the ISIS-held cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa, the de facto capital of the terror group's self-proclaimed caliphate across the border in Syria, would make military sense: such assaults would make it harder for the extremists to move reinforcements and deny them a safe haven.
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ISIS Declares Emergency In Self-Declared Capital: US Official
ISIS has declared a state of emergency in their de-facto capital of Raqqa in Syria, a US official has said while asserting that the dreaded terror network is feeling "threatened".
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Air Strikes Hit ISIS Stronghold In Syria: Human Rights Body
More than 35 air strikes hit ISIS's de facto capital in Syria overnight, killing at least 13 people and wounding many in the city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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France Launches Fierce Assault on ISIS Targets in Syria in Coordination With the US
French warplanes launched a ferocious retaliatory assault late Sunday on targets in Raqqa, Syria - the Islamic State's de facto capital - after coordination with U.S. defense officials who helped with the targeting.
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US Plans to Capture the Islamic State's Capital go Awry
Fifty tons of ammunition air-dropped by the U.S. military last week and intended for Arab groups has instead been claimed by the overall command of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, which is fighting alongside Arab units
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Father of Pilot Captured by IS Pleads for Release, Urges Militants to Show 'Hospitality'
The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son's release. Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, speaking to reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman today, also urged the militants to show "hospitality" toward his son.
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Islamic State Abusing Women, Excising Them From Public Life: Report
Extremists are working to excise women from public life across the territory controlled by the Islamic State group, stretching hundreds of kilometers from the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the west to the edges of the Iraqi capital in the east.
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Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital
Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and residents said.
