By Francois Murphy VIENNA, June 1 (Reuters) - A former Syrian intelligence chief in the city of Raqqa went on trial in ...

Raqqa is the last city of any consequence still held by Islamic State in either Syria or Iraq. But after being pummeled by airstrikes for months, ISIS’ de-facto capital is now surrounded by US-backed ...

Five people were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident on Wednesday on the Tabqa–Ithriyah road south of Tabqa ...

Syrian authorities have intensified emergency measures along the Euphrates River in eastern Syria after water levels rose ...

This Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, a frame grab made from drone video shows damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria. (Gabriel Chaim/AP) BEIRUT — The U.S.-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in the ...

Water levels of the Euphrates River in northern and eastern Syria have risen, causing flooding over the past two days.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are just five kilometres away from the strategic Tabqa dam on the Euphrates, west of the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. Backed by coalition ...

The Raqqa Civil Council oversees the city’s reconstruction, and tangible progress has been made. I was accompanied on a trip into the city in December by Abu Ali, the “Fox of Raqqa” as his colleagues ...