Poverty, fear drive exodus from ex-Islamic State 'capital'
The Syrian city of Raqqa, the former de facto capital of Islamic State, is now free of the extremist group, but many residents are leaving anyway.
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The Syrian city of Raqqa, the former de facto capital of Islamic State, is now free of the extremist group, but many residents are leaving anyway.
Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State group, is now free but many of its residents are fighting to leave
Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate and home to about 300,000 people, is now free, but many of its residents try to leave.
RAQQA, Syria - In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Islamic State group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dand
Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State group, is now free but many of its residents are fighting to leave.