Posts Tagged ‘raqqa’

US Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

Black smoke rises from Raqqa city where U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due […]

US to Hand Raqqa Over to ISIS Affiliates After “Defeating” ISIS

Kids were playing outside as coalition strike ‘directly targeted’ Raqqa civilians – witness to RT

The witnesses told RT’s Ruptly video news agency that they believed coalition forces were aware that there were no insurgents in the area, as what they think was a coalition aircraft had filmed them hours before the strike. The aircraft targeted the civilian houses while children were playing in the streets, one man said. READ […]

Battle for Raqqa and coalition strikes deadly for civilian non-combatants

nsnbc : The U.S.-led coalition against ISIS conducted more than 200 strikes this week in support of the partnered Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on […]

REVEALED: A Secret Agreement to Restore Raqqa to Syria?

Syria battle map from August, 2017 (Source: South Front) 21st Century Wire says… This report is still unconfirmed, but based on the current strategic situation in Syria, this apparent behind closed doors agreement would be a practical decision. Ever since ISIS became prominent in northeastern Syria in 2014, the United States gradually moved in to […]

Syria: US Led Coalition Struck Raqqa Hospital With White Phosphorus

The deputy director of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s branch in Raaqa said that US led coalition warplanes struck a hospital using white phosphorus on Thursday, according to Syrian media. Red Crescent official Dina al-Asa’ad said that aircraft also released more than twenty conventional shells against the facility. “The hospital was also shelled with more […]

Illegal US-Led Bombings, Burning Raqqa… America’s War against Civilians in Syria

US-Led Bombings, Burning Raqqa… America’s War against Civilians By Laura Gottesdiener, The U.S. War Against Civilians in Syria It was midday on Sunday, May 7th, when the U.S.-led coalition warplanes again began bombing the neighborhood of Wassim Abdo’s family. They lived in Tabqa, a small city on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern […]

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces control almost half of Raqqa city

nsnbc : After heavy fighting Thursday, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces now control almost half of the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s capital Raqqa. However, the […]

The Battle of Raqqa: Washington Bets on The Kurds…

US State Department officials visited Raqqa Civilian Council to discuss reconstruction

nsnbc : A US delegation including members of the Department of State, on Tuesday, met with the Raqqa Civilian Council in the Syrian town […]

Syrian Arab Army captures strategic cities and oil fields in Raqqa

nsnbc : The Syrian Arab Army, backed by the Syrian and Russian air forces and allied forces, seized a number of oil wells in southwest […]

Tiger Forces liberate key gas fields from ISIS along Raqqa-Homs border region: videos

BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:55 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) scored another important victory in northern Syria, liberating an Islamic State (ISIL) controlled oil field in the Al-Raqqa Governorate. Led by their elite Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army began the day by storming the Al-Fahd Oil Field and nearby Al-Fahd Oil Station; […]

Kurdish Corridor: US troops are operating in Raqqa, Colonel Ryan Dillon admitted

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Colonel Ryan Dillon confirmed what observers of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces’ push to liberate Raqqa from ISIS have known […]

Syrian Democratic Forces make new gains in Raqqa despite stiff resistance

nsnbc : The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made new gain in Raqqa and captured an additional district despite stiff and increasing resistance from […]

US-led Coalition Downs Syrian Army Plane in Southern Raqqa

The US-led coalition has downed a government warplane in southern Syria, the Syrian army and coalition have announced in separate statements. The Syrian military added that the plane’s pilot is now missing. According to the Syrian statement, the plane was carrying out operations against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in the countryside around Raqqa when it […]

‘No safe place’: Man who fled Raqqa & lost kid blames US-led strikes for civilian deaths

“Coalition planes struck the district of Dariya, I was with my daughter at the time, and just like that, she perished in the blast, I lost my leg. More often than not, US planes hit civilians, not Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL],” Abu Abdullah told RT Arabic. 12 civilians killed in US coalition strike on Syrian […]

U.S. Warplane Downs Syrian Army Jet in Raqqa Province

U.S. Warplane Downs Syrian Army Jet in Raqqa Province June 18th, 2017 Update: Russia to Lock SAMs on U.S. Fighter Jets and Drones Over Syria West of the Euphrates River Via: Independent: Russia has said it will treat US warplanes operating in parts of […]

US-led coalition downs Syrian jet in “de-confliction zone” near Raqqa: Pilot reported missing

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : The US-led coalition confirmed that it shot down a Syrian jet in Raqqa, claiming self-defense because the pilot was bombing […]

US-Led Coalition Downs Syrian Fighter Jet Over Raqqa

The US-led coalition has shot down a government warplane which was carrying out operations against ISIS in the  southern Raqqa countryside according to a statement by the Syrian army. The statement which was posted on facebook said that the  pilot was missing. #Syria army: #US-led coalition shoots down1of our fighter jets that was engaging a […]

Vanessa Beeley: What we see in Raqqa is no attempt to protect civilians

     The US coalition is carpet bombing Raqqa without any UN mandate, raising the question whether there is something they want to hide or destroy before it is discovered by the Syrian Army, Vanessa Beeley, associate editor at 21stcenturywire.com, says. United Nations war crimes investigators slammed intensified US-led strikes on the Islamic State (IS, formerly […]

ISIS ON THE VERGE OF BEING ANNIHILATED IN EASTERN ALEPPO AND SOUTHWESTERN RAQQA. ARAK AND T3 COMPLEXES LIBERATED.

Ziad Fadel “Exclusive to Syrper” by Canthama   EAST/NORTHEAST/SOUTHEAST PALMYRA  As mentioned yesterday in the Syrper comment section, the triangle made up by the Arak village, Arak gas field, T3 complex were all liberated. Sometimes the process of villages/sites liberation goes through a longer path such as: battles on the outskirts, fire control, inner site […]

U.N. Says 300 Civilians Killed In U.S.-Led Air Strikes In Raqqa Since March

Intensified coalition air strikes have killed at least 300 civilians in the Syrian northern city of Raqqa since March, as U.S.-backed forces close in on the stronghold of Islamic State forces, U.N. war crimes investigators said on Wednesday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group of Kurdish and Arab militias supported by a U.S.-led coalition, […]

UN reports ‘staggering loss of civilian life’ during US-backed siege of Raqqa

     The ongoing siege by Syrian Kurdish militia supported by airstrikes of the US-led coalition on terrorist stronghold Raqqa is marred by many civilian casualties and displacement of some 160,000 people, a UN commission says. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group of militias dominated by ethnic Kurds, launched their offensive on Raqqa last week […]

‘Staggering loss of civilian life’ during US-backed siege of Raqqa – UN

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group of militias dominated by ethnic Kurds, launched their offensive on Raqqa last week amid weapons and military hardware supplies from the US. The effort is taking a serious toll on civilian residents of the city controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), chairman of the UN Commission of […]

Russia: US Coalition Providing Safe Corridors For ISIS To Flee Raqqa

U.S. backed Syrian rebels on their way to Raqqa, Syria, June 6, 2017. Photo: Rodi Said/Reuters) MOSCOW  — The Russian military has accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria of providing safe corridors for the Islamic State group to leave the area around its stronghold of Raqqa. Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces […]

Video: Syrian Army Advancing in Raqqa Province, Withdrawal of ISIS

It’s not terrorism when we do it: Syrians report US use of chemical weapons on Raqqa – Update: US-led coalition uses white phosphorus to screen and mark targets

     The outrage and empathy on behalf of the civilians in Syria that was expressed by politicians and media personalities alike when they found an opportunity to blame a chemical attack on Assad’s government was a distant memory this week. Instead, reports that a US-backed coalition dropped a cluster of airstrikes containing illegal chemicals on […]

US-Backed Forces Enter Syrian City of Raqqa

Syrian Democratic Forces launch battle for the liberation of Raqqa

nsnbc : The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launched their operation to liberate Raqqa from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. On Tuesday the Syrian – Kurdish […]

US-backed militia says it has begun siege of ISIS ‘capital’ Raqqa

SDF, a militia dominated by the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units), said on Tuesday that it has begun a battle to capture Raqqa. “The campaign started yesterday [Monday] to liberate Raqqa city,” SDF spokesman Talal Silo told Reuters in a telephone interview. Turkey blasts US for ‘extremely dangerous’ arming of Kurds in Syria Later on Tuesday, […]

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