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U.S.-backed force in Syria wants ‘stronger’ U.S. warning for Turkey

November 29, 2022December 21, 2022 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on November 29, 2022]

BEIRUT, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The head of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Tuesday he still feared a Turkish ground invasion despite U.S. assurances and has demanded a “stronger” message from Washington after seeing unprecedented Turkish deployments along the border.

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Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout | AFP

February 13, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on February 13, 2019]

The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where holdout jihadists have been boxed in by Kurdish-led forces.

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Canadian jihadist says IS foreign fighters ‘hung out to dry’ | AFP

February 11, 2019February 24, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here February 11, 2019]

A Canadian jihadist detained in Syria told AFP on Sunday he has been “hung out to dry” by the Islamic State group like other foreign fighters and appealed to his government for help.

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In ravaged Raqa, clues to IS’s bygone media empire | AFP

October 21, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on October 22, 2017]

“Special operations by the Caliphate’s soldiers!” boasts a torn, blood-stained pamphlet at a bombed-out media kiosk in Syria’s Raqa, a symbol of the Islamic State group’s once fearsome propaganda machine. Continue reading →

Far from front line, volunteers prepare to rebuild Raqa | AFP

October 12, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on October 13, 2017]

Ain Issa (Syria) (AFP) – As US-backed forces fight to oust the Islamic State group from its last hideouts in Syria’s Raqa, a city council-in-exile is already working to bring life back to its devastated home town.

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Civilians pour out of Syria’s Raqa as bombing intensifies | AFP

October 11, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 12, 2017]

Dozens of desperate civilians streamed out of battlefront districts of Syria’s Raqa on Thursday after a ferocious resumption in bombardment against Islamic State group holdouts in the city.

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Anti-IS force says near ‘final’ week of Raqa fight | AFP

October 8, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on October 9, 2017]

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) – US-backed fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Syria’s Raqa were nearing the “final week” of their assault, the campaign’s commander told AFP on Sunday. Continue reading →

Trapped in Syria’s Raqa, civilians become human shields for IS | AFP

October 8, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 9, 2017]

Hawi al-Hawa (Syria) (AFP) – As fighters from the Islamic State group retreat into a shrinking part of Syria’s Raqa, they are dragging along terrified civilians for cover against a ferocious US-backed onslaught.

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As Syria’s Raqa battle nears end, road to rescue lengthens | AFP

October 4, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 5, 2017]

Raqa (Syria) (AFP) – “Don’t close your eyes. Stay awake!” the anti-jihadist Syrian fighter yelled at his injured comrade as a Humvee whisked them across the Islamic State group’s former stronghold Raqa. Continue reading →

US-backed force scours former IS fort in Raqa | AFP

October 1, 2017October 23, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here October 2, 2017]

RAQA (SYRIA) (AFP) – US-backed fighters on Monday combed through a central district of Syria’s Raqa that once housed key Islamic State group command centres, recovering communication equipment and weapons used by the jihadists.

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“Let the dead go first, then maybe one day the living can go.” Syrians sending the bodies of their loved ones across the border to their waiting relatives. Turkish authorities have allowed only the dead - not the living - to cross into Syria to be buried. Story in bio.
An Arabic workbook belonging to a Syrian child who was still trapped under the rubble. Attempted rescue operations just moments before a new body was pulled out. A Syrian man examines the body of his brother’s grandchild. Salah Al-Naasan, who lost his daughter-in-law and three grandchildren - including the one seen in the previous photo, the one pulled out of the rubble in the earlier video, and the unborn child of his pregnant, lifeless daughter-in-law. He is crying out to see if the unborn child can somehow be saved. On both sides of the border, Syrians suffer.
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