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<div id="attachment_230912" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 689px"><img class="size-large wp-image-230912" src="https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-1024x650.jpg" alt="Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate after Raqqa in Syria was liberated from Islamic State militants on Oct. 17. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters" width="689" height="437" srcset="http://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-1024x650.jpg 1024w, http://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-300x191.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px" />Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate after Raqqa in Syria was liberated from Islamic State militants on Oct. 17. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters</div>
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday that they had <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41646802">captured the city of Raqqa</a> from Islamic State militants.
&#8220;Everything is finished in Raqqa, our forces have taken full control of Raqqa,&#8221; SDF spokesman Talal Sello told <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/islamic-state-group-loses-emblematic-syria-stronghold-raqa">AFP</a>. A formal declaration would be announced after operations to clear any remaining sleeper cells and to remove landmines in the city were completed, Sello added.
The move is a major setback for the Islamic State which considered Raqqa the de-facto capital of its self-declared caliphate. It comes on the third <a href="http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1345075/operation-inherent-resolve-observes-task-forces-third-anniversary/platform/hootsuite/">anniversary</a> of the global effort to defeat ISIS.
Raqqa was the first provincial capital to fall from government control in <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-rise-and-spread-the-islamic-state">March 2013</a> after it was captured by a rebel army. The army included both Syrian opposition groups and more hard line  parties including al-Nusra and the Islamic State.
A civilian government  that was established in the city divided two months later, and less than a year later ISIS recaptured Raqqa and named the the capital of their <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/caliphate/">caliphate</a>.
About 900 civilians have been killed since the the start of the five-month operation, including 570 people in coalition air raids, according to the <a href="http://sn4hr.org/">Syrian Network for Human Rights</a>. The Britain-based <a href="http://www.syriahr.com/en/">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</a> put the civilian death toll at 1,130 people. American journalist <a href="http://thegroundtruthproject.org/jim-foleys-legacy-journalism-public-service/">James Foley</a> was beheaded in the mountains south of the city.
SDF fighters pulled down the Islamic State’s black flag from the city’s National Hospital near the city’s stadium, according to a Reuters <a href="https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1CM0VC-OCATP">report</a>.
Special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-trumps-decision-to-delegate-is-a-key-difference-in-syria/">said</a> in August that the U.S. would attempt to perform a “stabilization” in Raqqa &#8212; including demining, removing rubble from major pathways to allow trucks and equipment through, and “basic electricity, sewage, water, the basic essentials to allow populations to come back to their home.”
It is not clear when the <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-flash-update-recent-events-11-october-2017">300,000 civilians</a> who have fled Raqqa since April during the operation will be able to return.
The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-backed-syrian-forces-recapture-raqqa-from-islamic-state-group/">U.S.-backed Syrian forces recapture Raqqa from Islamic State group</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour">PBS NewsHour</a>.

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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday that they had <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41646802">captured the city of Raqqa</a> from Islamic State militants.
&#8220;Everything is finished in Raqqa, our forces have taken full control of Raqqa,&#8221; SDF spokesman Talal Sello told <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/islamic-state-group-loses-emblematic-syria-stronghold-raqa">AFP</a>. A formal declaration would be announced after operations to clear any remaining sleeper cells and to remove landmines in the city were completed, Sello added.
The move is a major setback for the Islamic State which considered Raqqa the de-facto capital of its self-declared caliphate. It comes on the third <a href="http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1345075/operation-inherent-resolve-observes-task-forces-third-anniversary/platform/hootsuite/">anniversary</a> of the global effort to defeat ISIS.
Raqqa was the first provincial capital to fall from government control in <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-rise-and-spread-the-islamic-state">March 2013</a> after it was captured by a rebel army. The army included both Syrian opposition groups and more hard line  parties including al-Nusra and the Islamic State.
A civilian government  that was established in the city divided two months later, and less than a year later ISIS recaptured Raqqa and named the the capital of their <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/caliphate/">caliphate</a>.
About 900 civilians have been killed since the the start of the five-month operation, including 570 people in coalition air raids, according to the <a href="http://sn4hr.org/">Syrian Network for Human Rights</a>. The Britain-based <a href="http://www.syriahr.com/en/">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</a> put the civilian death toll at 1,130 people. American journalist <a href="http://thegroundtruthproject.org/jim-foleys-legacy-journalism-public-service/">James Foley</a> was beheaded in the mountains south of the city.
SDF fighters pulled down the Islamic State’s black flag from the city’s National Hospital near the city’s stadium, according to a Reuters <a href="https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1CM0VC-OCATP">report</a>.
Special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-trumps-decision-to-delegate-is-a-key-difference-in-syria/">said</a> in August that the U.S. would attempt to perform a “stabilization” in Raqqa &#8212; including demining, removing rubble from major pathways to allow trucks and equipment through, and “basic electricity, sewage, water, the basic essentials to allow populations to come back to their home.”
It is not clear when the <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-flash-update-recent-events-11-october-2017">300,000 civilians</a> who have fled Raqqa since April during the operation will be able to return.
The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-backed-syrian-forces-recapture-raqqa-from-islamic-state-group/">U.S.-backed Syrian forces recapture Raqqa from Islamic State group</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour">PBS NewsHour</a>.

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title: U.S.-backed Syrian forces recapture Raqqa from Islamic State group
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 <div id="attachment_230912" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 689px"><img class="size-large wp-image-230912" src="https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-1024x650.jpg" alt="Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate after Raqqa in Syria was liberated from Islamic State militants on Oct. 17. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters" width="689" height="437" srcset="http://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-1024x650.jpg 1024w, http://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/RTS1GULB-300x191.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px" />Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces celebrate after Raqqa in Syria was liberated from Islamic State militants on Oct. 17. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters</div>
 U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday that they had <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41646802">captured the city of Raqqa</a> from Islamic State militants.
 &#8220;Everything is finished in Raqqa, our forces have taken full control of Raqqa,&#8221; SDF spokesman Talal Sello told <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/islamic-state-group-loses-emblematic-syria-stronghold-raqa">AFP</a>. A formal declaration would be announced after operations to clear any remaining sleeper cells and to remove landmines in the city were completed, Sello added.
 The move is a major setback for the Islamic State which considered Raqqa the de-facto capital of its self-declared caliphate. It comes on the third <a href="http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1345075/operation-inherent-resolve-observes-task-forces-third-anniversary/platform/hootsuite/">anniversary</a> of the global effort to defeat ISIS.
 Raqqa was the first provincial capital to fall from government control in <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-rise-and-spread-the-islamic-state">March 2013</a> after it was captured by a rebel army. The army included both Syrian opposition groups and more hard line  parties including al-Nusra and the Islamic State.
 A civilian government  that was established in the city divided two months later, and less than a year later ISIS recaptured Raqqa and named the the capital of their <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/caliphate/">caliphate</a>.
 About 900 civilians have been killed since the the start of the five-month operation, including 570 people in coalition air raids, according to the <a href="http://sn4hr.org/">Syrian Network for Human Rights</a>. The Britain-based <a href="http://www.syriahr.com/en/">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</a> put the civilian death toll at 1,130 people. American journalist <a href="http://thegroundtruthproject.org/jim-foleys-legacy-journalism-public-service/">James Foley</a> was beheaded in the mountains south of the city.
 SDF fighters pulled down the Islamic State’s black flag from the city’s National Hospital near the city’s stadium, according to a Reuters <a href="https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1CM0VC-OCATP">report</a>.
 Special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-trumps-decision-to-delegate-is-a-key-difference-in-syria/">said</a> in August that the U.S. would attempt to perform a “stabilization” in Raqqa &#8212; including demining, removing rubble from major pathways to allow trucks and equipment through, and “basic electricity, sewage, water, the basic essentials to allow populations to come back to their home.”
 It is not clear when the <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-flash-update-recent-events-11-october-2017">300,000 civilians</a> who have fled Raqqa since April during the operation will be able to return.
 The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-backed-syrian-forces-recapture-raqqa-from-islamic-state-group/">U.S.-backed Syrian forces recapture Raqqa from Islamic State group</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour">PBS NewsHour</a>.
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 U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced Tuesday that they had <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41646802">captured the city of Raqqa</a> from Islamic State militants.
 &#8220;Everything is finished in Raqqa, our forces have taken full control of Raqqa,&#8221; SDF spokesman Talal Sello told <a href="https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/islamic-state-group-loses-emblematic-syria-stronghold-raqa">AFP</a>. A formal declaration would be announced after operations to clear any remaining sleeper cells and to remove landmines in the city were completed, Sello added.
 The move is a major setback for the Islamic State which considered Raqqa the de-facto capital of its self-declared caliphate. It comes on the third <a href="http://www.inherentresolve.mil/News/News-Releases/Article/1345075/operation-inherent-resolve-observes-task-forces-third-anniversary/platform/hootsuite/">anniversary</a> of the global effort to defeat ISIS.
 Raqqa was the first provincial capital to fall from government control in <a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/timeline-rise-and-spread-the-islamic-state">March 2013</a> after it was captured by a rebel army. The army included both Syrian opposition groups and more hard line  parties including al-Nusra and the Islamic State.
 A civilian government  that was established in the city divided two months later, and less than a year later ISIS recaptured Raqqa and named the the capital of their <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/caliphate/">caliphate</a>.
 About 900 civilians have been killed since the the start of the five-month operation, including 570 people in coalition air raids, according to the <a href="http://sn4hr.org/">Syrian Network for Human Rights</a>. The Britain-based <a href="http://www.syriahr.com/en/">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</a> put the civilian death toll at 1,130 people. American journalist <a href="http://thegroundtruthproject.org/jim-foleys-legacy-journalism-public-service/">James Foley</a> was beheaded in the mountains south of the city.
 SDF fighters pulled down the Islamic State’s black flag from the city’s National Hospital near the city’s stadium, according to a Reuters <a href="https://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1CM0VC-OCATP">report</a>.
 Special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/how-trumps-decision-to-delegate-is-a-key-difference-in-syria/">said</a> in August that the U.S. would attempt to perform a “stabilization” in Raqqa &#8212; including demining, removing rubble from major pathways to allow trucks and equipment through, and “basic electricity, sewage, water, the basic essentials to allow populations to come back to their home.”
 It is not clear when the <a href="https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-flash-update-recent-events-11-october-2017">300,000 civilians</a> who have fled Raqqa since April during the operation will be able to return.
 The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/u-s-backed-syrian-forces-recapture-raqqa-from-islamic-state-group/">U.S.-backed Syrian forces recapture Raqqa from Islamic State group</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour">PBS NewsHour</a>.
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