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    The battle of Raqqa, also known as the first battle of Raqqa and code named by rebels as the "Raid of the Almighty", was fought for control of the northern...
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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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    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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    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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    the United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter called for an offensive on Raqqa to take place concurrent with the Battle of Mosul in Iraq. He stated that...
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  • al-Raqqa, also known as the "Brigade of the Trustees of Raqqa" was an armed Syrian rebel group participating in the Syrian Civil War established in 2013...
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    The Raqqa campaign (2012–2013) was a series of battles and offensives launched by various Syrian rebel groups, led by Ahrar al-Sham and the al-Nusra Front...
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  • family. Battle of Raqqa (2013) Manbij offensive, a follow-up Kurdish offensive in the "Manbij Pocket" in the northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria Raqqa campaign...
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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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    al-Zahraa—Part of the Battle for Aleppo Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017) Battle of al-Bab Operation Euphrates Shield Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) Raqqa campaign...
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    reopened. On 17 July 2013, the YPG fully captured the city of Ras al-Ayn from ISIL and al-Nusra. The latter retreated to the northern Raqqa Governorate, mainly...
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  • 2013) 18 July 2012 18 July 2012 Damascus bombing 19 September 2012 – 6 March 2013 Raqqa campaign (2012–2013) 3 – 6 March 2013 Battle of Raqqa (2013)...
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    Ahrar al-Sham (category Anti-government factions of the Syrian civil war)
    group. In 2013, during the opposition's offensive in Raqqa, Ahrar al-Sham established a local affiliate known as Brigade of the Trustees of Raqqa, the brigade...
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    course of 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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    Rojda Felat (category People of the Syrian civil war)
    in the Battle of Raqqa. At the occasion, she noted that "her heart was jumping for joy" as the YPG/YPJ leadership had believed that the battle for the...
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  • bastion for Syrian military forces in Raqqa province, which at the end of the battle came fully under the control of the ISIL. Around 10 August 2014, ISIL...
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    the regional capitals of Raqqa in 2013 and Idlib in 2015. Consequently, Russia launched a military intervention in support of the government in September...
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    The Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF) (Arabic: قوات الأمن الداخلي في الرقة, romanized: Quwwāt al-ʾAmn ad-Dāḵilī fi'r-Raqqah) are a police unit that...
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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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    Western press. An IRPGF fighter during the Battle of Raqqa in 2017 Fighters from the IRPGF and IFB at the burial of Destan Temmuz, an MLKP fighter. Solidarity...
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    Women's Protection Units (category Military wings of socialist parties)
    brigade of the Syriac Military Council, seemingly inspired by the example of the YPJ. The Al-Bab Military Council, Kurdish Front and Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa have...
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    the battle. The Syrian Democratic Forces, seeking to capture Raqqa city from the Islamic State, positioned themselves around the city as part of the second...
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    The Battle of Qalamoun started on 15 November 2013, with air strikes on the town of Qara, in the strategic Qalamoun region, in an attempt by the Syrian...
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    Raqqa ware or Rakka ware is a style of lustreware pottery that was a mainstay of the economy of Raqqa in northeastern Syria during the Ayyubid dynasty...
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    Asayish (North and East Syria) (category Politics of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria)
    On 17 May 2017, the Raqqa Internal Security Forces were established for policing in Raqqa. On 25 May 2017, a female branch of the Asayish was established...
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    Adnan Abu Amjad (category Members of the Free Syrian Army)
    the Battle of Manbij, his hometown, where he freed his parents from ISIL rule in August 2016, and the Raqqa campaign, including the Battle of Raqqa, where...
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    romanized: aṭ-Ṭabqah, also aṭ-Ṭabaqah), is a city in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, approximately 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Raqqa. Al-Tabqah was the original name the...
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  • March 2013). "Syrian Rebels Battle Regime Holdouts in Raqqa". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved 27 August 2014. Barnard, Anne (18 March 2013). "Syria...
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  • Tareq Kamleh (category Australian people of German descent)
    Islamic terrorist organisation ISIS, where he performed pediatric work in Raqqa, Syria, in the Islamic State Health Service. On 29 April 2015 Kamleh was...
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    councils as well as various militias and rebel groups, during the battle for Raqqa in 2015 initially made local Arab groups see that Arabs and the SDF...
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