Raqqa, Syria — The coalition airstrikes lit up the night sky, perhaps a mile and a half away. The blast appears to be near the Old City, where ISIS is making its last stand, as it did in Mosul ...

This includes the city of Raqqa, which the group liberated from ISIS in October 2017 and has maintained control over since. While large portions of central Syria are simply classified by the ISW ...

"Now that Raqqa has been liberated, the key issue is what entity it will be part of," he said. "According to statements made by Syrian Kurds, it will be declared a canton within the Federation of ...

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