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Forces comb ghost city Raqa after IS ouster

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Civilians in IS-held Raqa under fire 'from all sides': Amnesty

CiviliansfleeingthebattletoousttheIslamicStategroupfromtheSyriancityofRaqafacea"deadlylabyrinth",comingunderfirefromallsides,rightsgroupAmnestywarnedThursday.Th

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US-led strikes kill 224 civilians since allies entered Raqa

US-ledcoalitionairstrikeshavekilledatleast224civilianssincetheSyrianforcesitbacksenteredISILbastionRaqaamonthago,amonitorsaidonThursday.Butthecoalitionpushedbac

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US-backed Syria force advances in Raqa, battles for base

US-backedSyrianfightersseizedaseconddistrictofRaqaonSundayandlaunchedarenewedassaultonabasenorthofthecity,astheypursuedanoffensiveagainsttheIslamicStategroup.Th

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US-backed fighters thrust into IS bastion Raqa

US-backed fighters broke into the city of Raqa on Tuesday as they launched a final assault to drive the Islamic State group from its de facto Syrian capital.

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US-led strike kills 21 civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa: monitor

A US-led coalition air strike killed 21 civilians on Monday as they tried to escape the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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US-led strike kills 21 civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa: monitor

AUS-ledcoalitionairstrikekilled21civiliansonMondayastheytriedtoescapetheIslamicStategroup'sSyrianbastionofRaqa,theSyrianObservatoryforHumanRightssaid."Thecivili

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Syrians brave mines, execution to flee IS in Raqa

ThemainsectionofacampforthedisplacedinthenorthernSyriantownofAinIssaisfull,butciviliansfleeingtheIslamicStategroupkeeponarriving.Thecampisastarkaffair,withdusty

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US-backed fighters advance on IS in Syria's east

An alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters seized more than a dozen villages in eastern Syria on Tuesday in their drive to encircle the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa.

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Coalition strike "kills 20 civilians" near IS-held Raqa

US-backed forces pressed offensives Wednesday on the Islamic State group's strongholds in Syria and Iraq, as an air strike by the American-led coalition reportedly killed 20 civilians near the Syrian city of Raqa.

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US-backed forces push closer to IS "capital" Raqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives progressed against the two Islamic State group strongholds.