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    Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also Rakka) is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres (99 miles)...
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    Raqqa Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة الرقة, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of...
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    The Raqqa campaign (codenamed Operation Wrath of Euphrates) was a military operation launched in November 2016 during the Rojava–Islamist conflict by...
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    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...
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    Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa (Arabic: لواء ثوار الرقة, romanized: Liwā' Thūwwār ar-Raqqah, lit. 'Raqqa Revolutionaries' Brigade') was a rebel group in the Syrian...
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    Ayn Issa (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
    District of Raqqa Governorate in Syria. It is located halfway between the Syria–Turkey border town of Tell Abyad and the regional capital Raqqa. Through...
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  • The Northern Raqqa offensive was a 2016 military offensive launched by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and...
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  • Battle of Raqqa may refer to: Battle of Raqqa (2013), between Syrian opposition forces and the Syrian government Battle of Raqqa (2017), between Syrian...
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    Rakka Eyalet (redirect from Raqqa Eyalet)
    of this eyalet and seat of the vali was not Raqqa but ar-Ruha about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Raqqa. From c. 1535 until the creation of Rakka Eyalet...
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    Raqqa offensive was an operation by the Syrian Army against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southwestern countryside of the Raqqa Province...
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    Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harran von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschuken...
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    the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), an international coalition, primarily composed of the Syrian Democratic Forces and CJTF–OIR, captured the Raqqa Governorate...
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    Caliphate, declined gradually. In 796, he moved his court and government to Raqqa in present-day Syria. Domestically, Harun pursued policies similar to those...
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    Nordmesopotamien. Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harrān von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschuken...
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    Nordmesopotamien: Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harran von der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschuken. Islamic...
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    Raqqa District (Arabic: منطقة مركز الرقة, romanized: Manṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative...
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  • conducts 19 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria's Raqqa Governorate near Ar-Raqqa. Local residents, activists, and Syrian state television report...
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    Nordmesopotamien: Städtische Entwicklung und wirtschaftliche Bedingungen in ar-Raqqa und Harran von der Zeit der beduinischen Vorherrschaft bis zu den Seldschuken...
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    Museum of Raqqa, also known as the Ar-Raqqah Museum or Rakka Museum (Arabic: مَتْحَفُ الرَّقَّةِ, romanized: Matḥaf ar-Raqqah), is a museum in Raqqa, Syria...
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    Raqqa Subdistrict or ar-Raqqah Nahiyah (Arabic: ناحية الرقّة), a subdistrict of Raqqa District, is the central area of Raqqa Governorate (Syria), including...
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    Arches at ar-Raqqa, Syria...
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  • Kurdish Front (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
    declares Sheikh Maqsud a military zone". Enab Baladi. 29 November 2015. "22 1 Ar Raqqa, announcement of the establishment of the Kurdish Front Brigade under the...
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    Tabqa Dam (category Buildings and structures in Raqqa Governorate)
    Euphrates, located 40 kilometres (25 mi) upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. The city of Al-Thawrah is located immediately south...
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    used GigaMesh in 2018 for 3D reconstruction of molds of tablets lost in ar-Raqqa, Syria based on Micro-CT-scans. As a follow-up project the TU Delft acquired...
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  • The Great Mosque of Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلْجَامِع ٱلْكَبِير فِي ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr fi ar-Raqqah) or Al-Qadim Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْقَدِيم...
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  • Akkadian: ba-sa-ar or bi-si-ir, in Amorite: Biśri) is a highland region in northeastern Syria. It is located on the border between Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Homs...
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    Javier. Thorny at the border control of Tell Abyad, in the governorate of Ar-Raqqa, by Islamic State, as they attempted to leave Syria after two weeks covering...
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    Syrian Democratic Forces (category CS1 uses Arabic-language script (ar))
    al-Raqqa, and the rest of the SDF and the Raqqa Internal Security Forces over recruitment issues in Raqqa. A curfew was put in place in both Raqqa city...
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  • The Raqqa Hawks Brigade (Arabic: لواء صقور الرقة, romanized: Liwa Suqur al Raqqa), also known as Raqqa Falcons Brigade, is a primarily Arab militia, composed...
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    List of cities in Syria (category CS1 Arabic-language sources (ar))
    Damascus Quneitra Daraa Al-Suwayda Homs Tartus Latakia Hama Idlib Aleppo Raqqa Deir ez-Zor Al-Hasakah Sixty-four of the 65 districts of Syria have a city...
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