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An Iraqi woman — who fled the ongoing fighting between government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the Fallujah area — washes clothes at a camp for displaced people in Amriyat al-Fallujah, on June 14, 2016 (AFP Photo/Sabah Arar)


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ISIS militant waving a flag, cheers as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer


The End of ‘Caliphate’s Capital’

The End of ‘Caliphate’s Capital’

War is not new to Raqqa. The city was previously destroyed and occupied by Mongols who had settled there until they were expelled by force. Today, Raqqa is about to finally be liberated from ISIS, which have carried out unimaginable heinousness against its people;...