"Once they were interested in acquiring more territory, now it's more looking to capture minds. They appeal to those who ...

The full story Raqqa was substantially remodelled by the great Abbasid Caliph Haroun al-Rashid, who chose the town as his base from 796 until 808, the year before his death. It retained its role ...

Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal is believed to have facilitated the freeing of five ISIS fighters from a prison in Raqqa, Syria last week. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Sep 2, 2024 U.S. troops and Syrian ...

Abu Khaled told Weiss that ISIS officials in Raqqa, Syria denied his request to form a French-speaking battalion due to the earlier experience with the Libyans. Abu Khaled's description meshes ...

have since seen ISIS lose most areas it once controlled, including the loss of their de facto capital in Raqqa, Syria. However, ISIS sleeper cells remain in the area and continue to carry out ...

and CBS News was there to witness the capture of Raqqa, the de-facto capital of the Islamic State, several years before that in 2017. But ISIS is still lurking in the Syrian desert. It's still a ...

including suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS), were arrested in a security operation by Kurdish security forces (Asayish) in the northern Raqqa province, the force said on Saturday.