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Apr 14, 2024 · Read the latest Raqqa headlines, on NewsNow. Raqqa news, analysis and opinion from around the world.
- Some Business Is Back
- Signs of Social Life
- 'We Couldn't Chat Like This'
- Much Rebuilding Still to Do
- Canada's Role
During CBC's recent trip to Raqqa, vegetable sellers and other food vendors were back in business — including this shop selling the sweet treat knafeh. Although vendors are set up to sell, few people in the city can afford to buy anything due to what analysts are calling an unprecedented economic crisis and the sharp decline of the Syrian pound.
A large portion of the city's buildings and infrastructure is still rubble, but its residents nevertheless try to have some social interaction. Even the sight of a few children gathering offers a glimpse of hope in a city with a long road to recovery.
Bookseller Ahmad al-Khabour Mohamad has started restocking his shelves, replacing some of the books burned under ISIS rule. He's kept his store's sign, now pockmarked with bullet holes. "Cigarettes weren't allowed; women couldn't walk by themselves; we couldn't chat like this," he said of life under ISIS. "It was hard." Mehmed al-Ezo is the directo...
The intense bombing of the city left behind a vast concrete wasteland of destruction. Many people in Raqqa worry that war — or even ISIS — could return to the city. In one attempt at renewal, Paradise Square — the site of public executions under ISIS — now features an "I ❤️ Raqqa" sign. The square has been given a facelift in an attempt to move pas...
Beyond Raqqa, the broader effort to help Syrians recover from the war got a boost Tuesday when Canada pledged an additional $49.5 million to the humanitarian effort to help the millions of Syrians across the Middle East displaced by the civil war. Minister of International Development Karina Gould told CBC's Margaret Evans in an exclusive interview...
Oct 20, 2022 · RAQQA, Syria, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Five years since Islamic State was driven from its Syrian headquarters at Raqqa, the city is still slowly recovering from the devastation caused by the battle...
Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats. The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Jul 27, 2021 · Four years after the battle for the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, children and families are still living in damaged homes with severely limited access to clean water, electricity, and education,...
Jun 6, 2017 · State news agency SANA reported on Tuesday that the airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition killed 12, including women and children. It says the families were fleeing the city in boats across the Euphrates River ahead of an expected all-out attack by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
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With the fall of Raqqa, this idea of a caliphate is at an end. No longer in control of any major city in Iraq or Syria, ISIS is on the verge of defeat as a conventional military force.
