Raqqa (Kurdish: Řeqe; Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also al-Raḳḳa) is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Thuwar al-Raqqa (formerly Jahbat Thuwar al-Raqqa), and the rest of the SDF and the Raqqa Internal Security Forces over recruitment issues in Raqqa. A curfew...
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"Spring of Jesus"; Kurdish: Bozanê) is a town in the Tell Abyad District of Raqqa Governorate in Syria and a capital for the Autonomous Administration of...
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Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RSS or RBSS; Arabic: الرقة تذبح بصمت, romanized: al-Raqqah Tadhbaḥu bi-Ṣamt) is a citizen journalist group reporting...
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Liwa Umana 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...
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Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa, formerly known as the Jihad in the Path of God Brigade is a Free Syrian Army unit active during the Syrian Civil War, originating...
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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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launched another campaign to capture Raqqa, with Felat in overall charge of the operations in the northern Raqqa countryside. This time, the troops under...
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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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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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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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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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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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Abu Luqman (category People from Raqqa Governorate)
Levant governor of Raqqa, Syria as of July 2015. He used to be governor of Aleppo province. Abu Luqman was born in as-Sahl village in Raqqa province. He studied...
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Jaysh al-Salam (section Liwa Ahrar al-Raqqa)
with the goal of attacking the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Raqqa. As of the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016, the coalition appeared...
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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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Raqqa campaign may refer to: Raqqa campaign (2012–13), battles between various Syrian rebel groups and Syrian government Raqqa campaign (2016–17), battles...
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were killed during an ISIS attack on a Syrian military post in the eastern Raqqa desert. On 20 January, Israeli airstrikes in Damascus killed at least ten...
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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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ash-Shaʿbiyya fīl-Minṭaqa ash-Sharqiyya); also called the Popular Resistance in Raqqa (Arabic: المقاومة الشعبية في الرقة al-Muqāwama ash-Shaʿbiyya fīr-Raqqah)...
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Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016) was a military operation launched in June 2016 by the Syrian Army with the stated goal of recapturing Raqqa, the capital...
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the second Raqqa campaign in November 2016, she said: Such an administration could provide a good example for democratic change in Raqqa, especially...
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