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ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR THE ISLAMIC STATE'S CAPITAL OF RAQQA
On the front lines of the fight for the Islamic State's capital of Raqqa, Syria... READ MORE›
3 ISIS TERROR PLOTTERS DIE IN SYRIA AIRSTRIKE PENTAGON SAYS
The three men were killed on Dec. 4 in an airstrike in Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State's declared capital, said Peter Cook, the Pentagon press secretary... READ MORE›
MONITOR SAYS STRIKE BY U.S.-LED COALITION KILLS 16 NORTH OF SYRIA'S RAQQA
Led coalition air strike killed at least 16 people overnight in a town north of Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa... READ MORE›
TURKEY WANTS KURDS' ROLE IN RAQQA OFFENSIVE REDUCED
Turkey wants to lead the attack into the Daesh stronghold of Raqqa, due to a political dispute with Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
US NOT LIBERATING RAQQA... IT'S PROTECTING JIHADI PROXIES IN SYRIA
A victory for the Syrian army and its Russian ally in Aleppo would be a massive breakthrough towards winning the entire war against the Western... READ MORE›
ERDOGAN: SYRIAN KURD FORCES USED TO TAKE RAQQA 'NAIVE'
Turkish forces have carried out air strikes against Kurdish positions in northern Syria... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SENDS CAR BOMBS AGAINST U.S.-BACKED FORCES ADVANCING ON RAQQA
The Amaq news agency, the extremist group's media arm, claimed that the Islamic State launched 120 such assaults across Syria, Iraq and Libya in October... READ MORE›
ARAB FORCES TO LEAD FIGHT TO RECAPTURE RAQQA FROM ISIS, US SAYS
He argued that Sunnis in Raqqa, regardless of their dislike of Isis, would not welcome a Kurdish liberation force... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS BEGIN CAMPAIGN TO OUST ISLAMIC STATE FROM RAQQA
Stephen Townsend, commander of anti-IS coalition forces, said last week more Syrian opposition fighters need to be recruited, trained and equipped for the Raqqa battle... READ MORE›
IS HITS BACK IN MOSUL AS RAQQA FRONT OPENS
The jihadists have lost control of seven eastern districts of Mosul to Iraqi special forces who broke through their lines last Monday... READ MORE›
KURDISH-LED SYRIAN FORCES ANNOUNCE START OF CAMPAIGN TO RETAKE RAQQA
Stephen Townsend, commander of anti-Daesh coalition forces, said last week more Syrian opposition fighters need to be recruited, trained and equipped for the Raqqa battle... READ MORE›
KURDISH-LED FORCE ANNOUNCES START OF OPERATION TO RECLAIM RAQQA FROM ISIS
Over the summer, Turkish forces intervened in northern Syria, targeting Islamic State militants but also acting as a curb to Kurdish territorial ambitions in the country... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REBELS ANNOUNCE PUSH TO DRIVE ISLAMIC STATE FROM RAQQA
The Syrian forces are a ways off from assaulting Raqqa... READ MORE›
RAQQA NOW KEY TO US STRATEGY IN SYRIA AND THE WIDER REGION
Raqqa now key to US strategy in Syria and the wider region -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›
WASHINGTON D-DAY 2.0 IN SYRIA AND IRAQ - WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?
Washington D-Day 2.0 in Syria and Iraq - Who are they kidding? -- RT Op-Edge... READ MORE›
'US SUCCEEDED ONLY IN CREATING CHAOS IN SYRIA, IRAQ'
Moreover, the US is gearing up for a new assault on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria... READ MORE›
RAQQA ATTACK AGAINST ISIL NEEDS TO START SOON
Tensions between the Kurds and Turkey may also be slowing operations against the Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR ISLAMIC STATE CAPITAL TO BEGIN 'WITHIN WEEKS'
Post to Facebook Battle for Islamic State capital to begin 'within weeks' Defense Secretary Ash Carter says fight for Raqqa coming soon... READ MORE›
SIDE ATTACKS FAIL TO DETER MOSUL OFFENSIVE AS COALITION ALSO READIES RAQQA ASSAULT
A senior U.S. military official, speaking to reporters traveling with Carter, suggested the Raqqa kick-off would likely follow some additional successes in Mosul... READ MORE›
US EXPECTS ANTI-ISIL MOSUL AND RAQQA OFFENSIVES TO OVERLAP
As Iraqi forces edge closer to Mosul in Iraq, anti-ISIL coalition members discussed preparations for an overlapping offensive on the extremists' Syrian stronghold, Raqqa... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADERS 'ACCEPTING DEFEAT IN MOSUL AND RAQQA AND ENCOURAGING RECRUITS TO COMMIT TERROR IN EUROPE'
I think that was the case with most of the other European countries as well, said Rachid... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S HOLLANDE WARNS MOSUL'S IS GROUP FIGHTERS COULD FLEE TO RAQQA
The French president urged the international community not to abandon the city once the multi-pronged military operation is over... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Isil’s Raqqa
MILITANT KILLS MOTHER ON ISIS ORDERS ACTIVISTS SAY
It would not be the first time that a member of the Islamic State has killed a parent on the group's orders... READ MORE›
INSIDE THE ISLAMIC STATEA??S CAPITAL
Inside the Islamic Statea??s capital Red Bull-drinking jihadists, hungry civilians, crucifixions and air strikes... READ MORE›
WOMEN SECRETLY FILM INSIDE ISIS STRONGHOLD
Foreign ISIS fighters have set up checkpoints, taken the ID cards of Syrians and use them to flee to Turkey, the women say... READ MORE›
'A PRISON GUARDED BY MEN IN BLACK'
A resident of isil-controlled raqqa dreams of his hometown prewar and pre-isil... READ MORE›
28/74 ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIA
But every week, after Friday prayers, people were given orders about the new rules that applied, Om Mohammad says... READ MORE›
ISIS DEVELOP SOPHISTICATED NEW WEAPONRY 'CAPABLE OF SHOOTING DOWN PASSENGER JETS'
Newly emerged footage shows militants at the group's Syrian base in Raqqa creating a homemade thermal battery, for use in decommissioned military surface-to-air missiles... READ MORE›
ISIS DIGS IN, ANTICIPATING ASSAULT ON SYRIA'S RAQQA
Paris Attacks ISIS Digs In, Anticipating Assault on Syria's Raqqa... READ MORE›
'WE'RE LIVING IN A GIANT PRISON'
Life under isis in raqqa and mosul 'we're living in a giant prison'... READ MORE›
NO JEANS, NO CIGARETTES ON THE BUS FROM BEIRUT TO RAQQA
A heavy smoker himself, Abu Hamad is armed with air-freshener to spray the bus before entering ISIL-held territory... READ MORE›
RAQQA ACTIVISTS REVEAL DETAILS OF FRENCH AIRSTRIKES ON SYRIA
The French airstrikes were precise and targeted Daesh positions, said one activist, using an Arabic acronym for Isis... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY SEIZES ALEPPO VILLAGES, TAKES AIM AT RAQQA
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that government forces backed by Russian air strikes have captured 18 villages in Aleppo's eastern suburbs... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS CUT KEY SUPPLY LINE TO ISLAMIC STATE CAPITAL RAQQA
Khojer said Kurdish fighters backed by Syrian rebel groups had advanced on Tal Abyad in a two-front offensive from east and west... READ MORE›
ISIS DIGGING IN AMID INTENSIFIED AIRSTRIKES IN RAQQA, SAY ACTIVISTS
In addition, US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces have scored significant advances recently near Raqqa, taking the town of Ain Issa, just 30 miles 48km from Isis's redoubt... READ MORE›
ISIL CAPITAL: SYRIAN ARMY 'CROSSES INTO RAQQA PROVINCE'
Government troops backed by Russian air strikes approach group's de facto capital for the first time since August 2014... READ MORE›
FRANCE ATTACK SUSPECT ADMITS KILLING, POLICE MAKE LINK TO SYRIA
According to other French media reports, Salhi told police he had argued with Cornara and with his own wife before the killing... READ MORE›
ISIL 'RECAPTURES' AREAS FROM SYRIAN FORCES IN RAQQA
ISIL fighters launch counter-offensive in northern province of Raqqa, retaking large areas they recently lost... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY PRESSES OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
Islamic State captured Tabqa in 2014 at the height of its rapid expansion in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
28/74 ISIS FIGHTERS IN SYRIA
After entering Aleppo with Russia's help, the Syrian army may set its sights on Raqqa... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA'S RAQQA
Dozens killed in air strikes on Syria's Raqqa monitor, activists... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS KILLED IN AIR STRIKES ON SYRIA'S RAQQA CITY
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently group said on Wednesday that 32 civilians were killed and 150 injured in Russian strikes on Raqqa city, the de-facto capital of ISIL... READ MORE›
INDONESIAN POLICE ARREST THREE SUSPECTS OVER LINKS TO JAKARTA ATTACKS
Jakarta police chief says Indonesian national Bahrun Naim is believed to have masterminded the attack from Islamic State's stronghold in Syria... READ MORE›
U.S. ALLIES ANNOUNCE OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIS 'CAPITAL'
U.S.-allied forces in Syria launched an large-scale offensive on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa on Tuesday, the group said... READ MORE›
NEW ISLAMIC STATE VIDEO THREATENS A PARIS-STYLE ATTACK ON WASHINGTON
According to Aaron Zelin, an expert on jihadist groups and a fellow at the Washington Institute, IS loathes that individuals are fleeing Syria for Europe ... READ MORE›
ASSAD'S ARMY SETTING ITS SIGHTS ON ISIS STRONGHOLD OF RAQQA
The Syrian army has captured ground near Aleppo and is preparing to advance on Isis in Raqqa... READ MORE›
WARPLANES BOMB ISLAMIC STATE BASTION RAQQA IN EASTERN SYRIA
Warplanes bomb Islamic State bastion Raqqa in eastern Syria residents, monitors... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED OFFENSIVE IN SYRIA TARGETS ISLAMIC STATE'S CAPITAL
The offensive comes as the Islamic State is on the retreat from numerous front elsewhere in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
SYRIAN KURDS CLOSING IN ON ISLAMIC STATE STRONGHOLD OF RAQQA
The Islamic State group considers Raqqa the capital of its self-declared caliphate spanning Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
WE MUST PLAN ISIL'S DEFEAT IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
Isil is a well-organised and resourced organisation, and only a strategy that fully acknowledges the scale of the threat will have any chance of success... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY USING NEW SURFACE, AIR WEAPONS FROM RUSSIA; RAQQA BOMBED
Officials said on Wednesday the United States had identified a small number of Russian helicopters at a Syrian airfield... READ MORE›
U.S.-LED COALITION PLANS TO PRESSURE ISIL IN BOTH MOSUL, RAQQA
In Syria, meanwhile, U.S. Special Operations forces are helping identify and organize Syrian rebel groups into a force that can take on the Islamic State... READ MORE›
Related News Headlines : Isil’s Raqqa
ISIL HAVE 'SEVERAL DOZEN' OPERATIVES IN EUROPE AND COULD STRIKE WITH CAR BOMBS, EUROPOL WARNSA
But Europol said Isil may also try to import tactics from Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
CALIPHATE IN PERIL MORE ISIS FIGHTERS MAY TAKE MAYHEM TO EUROPE
Some Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria have filtered back into Europe since early 2014... READ MORE›
TALLY OF BRITONS JOINING ISIS AND SIMILAR GROUPS ABROAD GROWN TO 850
She left Scotland in November 2013, apparently informing her family only that she was about to enter Syria from Turkey... READ MORE›
BETHNAL GREEN SCHOOLGIRL WHO JOINED ISIL IS KILLED IN SYRIA
Her family were being represented by lawyer Tasnime Akunjee, who was working with them to try to get her out of Syria... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS: U.S.-LED COALITION STRIKES KILL 28 CIVILIANS IN SYRIA
U.S.-led coalition targeting a village in northern Syria held by the Islamic State group killed 28 civilians... READ MORE›
224 KILLED IN FIRST WEEK OF RAMADAN
Renew our condemnation of the international community for its continued terrifying silence about the crimes committed against the Syrian people, the monitor said... READ MORE›
U.S.-LED COALITION SEES FEWER FIGHTERS, LOWER PAY IN ISLAMIC STATE
We see them in a defensive crouch, Warren told reporters in London, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State... READ MORE›
IS AUSTRALIA TOO WORRIED? ISRAELI EXPERT PROFESSOR EFRAIM INBAR THINKS SO
Islamic State Is Australia too worried? Israeli expert Professor Efraim Inbar thinks so... READ MORE›
HOW TO SOLVE THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS? CREATE JOBS IN MIDDLE EAST, GERMANY SAYS
Germany has a new plan to help Syrian refugees living in Middle Eastern countries gain some stability... READ MORE›
ISIL 'WANTS ITS OWN NAVY FOR ATTACKS ON CRUISE SHIPS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN'
The march of Islamic State in Iraq and Levant Isil along the Libyan coast has cast an uncomfortable shadow across shipping said Vice-Adml Clive Johnstone... READ MORE›
NEW ISIS VIDEO APPARENTLY SHOWS PARIS ATTACKERS CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks the morning after they were carried out... READ MORE›
ISIS MAGAZINE CONFIRMS JIHADI JOHN WAS KILLED
As a British citizen, he personified the concerns of security forces worried about a resurgence in homegrown radicalism inspired by the hard-line ideology of the Islamic State... READ MORE›