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Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also Rakka) is a city in Syria on the left bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Aleppo. It is located 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam.
- Some Business Is Back
- Signs of Social Life
- 'We Couldn't Chat Like This'
- Much Rebuilding Still to Do
- Canada's Role
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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...
Raqqa, the former home base of ISIS, is trying to resume normal life after years of brutal rule and bombing. CBC's Margaret Evans reports on the city's challenges, hopes and Canada's role in the humanitarian crisis.
The battle of Raqqa (2017), also known as the second battle of Raqqa, was the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017) launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (ISIL) with an aim to seize the city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ISIL since 2014.
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...
How hundreds of IS fighters and their families escaped from Raqqa under a secret deal with the US and Kurdish-led forces. The convoy included foreign fighters, weapons and ammunition, and spread IS across Syria and beyond.
Discover a whole world on #ARTE .tv #raqqa #artetvdocumentary #syria. Four years ago, the US-led coalition in Syria destroyed Islamic State's last bastion in Raqqa. But there is a lot of work...
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Jun 5, 2018 · The report exposes the devastating impact of the Coalition's air and artillery strikes on civilians in Raqqa, Syria, where IS ruled for four years. It challenges the Coalition's claims of precision and minimal civilian casualties, and documents four cases of families who lost dozens of loved ones.
