Raqqa
Russia Tries to Take Credit for Killing ISIS Caliph al-Baghdadi
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Jun 16, 2017 08:41 AM EDT |
The conflicting accounts of who killed al-Baghdadi prove, however, that the man is indeed dead and that the world should rejoice.
ISIS Leader al-Baghdadi Killed in Raqqa by White Phosphorous Artillery Barrage
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Jun 12, 2017 09:49 AM EDT |
Al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself "caliph" of the Islamic State and the "leader for Muslims everywhere."
US Navy Carrier USS George H. W. Bush Launches Strikes against Raqqa from Mediterranean Sea
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Jun 10, 2017 08:10 AM EDT |
The Bush moved into the Eastern Mediterranean on June 5 and launched its first airstrikes involving Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet the next day.
Battle for Raqqa, Islamic State Capital, to Begin Next Week
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Jun 02, 2017 05:54 AM EDT |
U.S. Army officials said yesterday that SDF forces have pushed to within three kilometers of Raqqa.
White House Approves More Weapons for Syrian Kurdish Militia YPG on Eve of Attack on Raqqa
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | May 10, 2017 10:50 AM EDT |
There are some 40,000 YPG fighters in northern Syria.
US and Coalition Air Forces Dropping Record Number of Bombs on ISIS
| Arthur Dominic Villasanta | | Apr 15, 2017 09:25 PM EDT |
In the first three months of this year, the coalition unleashed 10,918 weapons against ISIS.
Derna Seized As Islamic State Expands To Libya
| Christl Leong | | Nov 18, 2014 11:33 PM EST |
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has seized control of Derna, a port city in eastern Libya just about 200 miles east of the Egyptian border.
Undercover Syrian Woman Reveals Life Under Islamic State Rule In Raqqa
| Kristina Fernandez | | Sep 25, 2014 07:47 AM EDT |
With a camera under her veil, a brave Syrian woman risked her life to document oppression under the Islamic State rule in Raqqa, a northern city in Syria known to be the group’s stronghold. The remarkable footage was aired this week on a French news site called France 2
ISIS Establishes Government In Northeast Syria
| Jin Tuliao | | Sep 05, 2014 04:07 AM EDT |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters under chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were able to build a similar structure of a modern government in Syria's eastern province of Raqqa in less than a year.
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