BEIRUT (Reuters) - The battle for the city of Raqqa, which Islamic State had used as its headquarters in Syria, is drawing to an end. Islamic State militants have lost swathes of land to various ...

A senior U.S. official says Washington will provide air support for an offensive to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group. Brett McGurk, the White House ...

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Kevin Howard, a 28-year old former US military contractor from California, who is part of the US-backed forces battling the Daesh group militants. — AP Macer Gifford, a 30-year former City broker in ...

The so-called Islamic State is losing its grip on the Syrian city of Raqqa, which the militants proclaimed as their capital. However, the battle to retake the city has come at a huge price for ...