[Texas Fossil]

Here is the human side of the lucky or brave civilians who have escaped Raqqa Syria, ISIS so called Capital. 100,000 refugees from a town that was 240,000 before ISIS. I've read that some have been able to find shelter with family outside of Raqqa. So there is no way to know how many civilians remain in the city. ISIS has continually used civilians as human shields.

They have endured years of extreme oppression and fear.

The final days of ISIS are near. Imagine walking away from everything you cannot carry to escape with your life. Hoping when it is over to rebuild, start over, not having a clue how that will happen.

The photo says a lot.

So far, the UN humanitarian aid organizations have had very limited presence in the Raqqa area. (It is an active war zone.)

[Texas Fossil]

Syria Ping

Refugees flee Raqqa

[vooch]

are these the pentagon sponsored jihadists or the cia sponsored jihadists or the John McCain sponsored ones ?

It difficult for me to follow sometimes which set of jihadists we are talking about

[allendale]

ISIS controls Raqqa because Turkey allows it. Turkey will continue to support ISIS as long as the Sunni Arab jihadists who control ISIS and its adherents effectively fight the Kurds. If the Kurds somehow succeed, Turkey itself will lose its territorial integrity.

[momincombatboots]

Alawites? We shouldn’t be in another Muslim civil war, regardless. And we darn sure shouldn’t be fighting against Russia. This is no different from the pictures of the suffering g Palestinians.
How about reject the religion of death, for your children’s sake. Fix your own country. If you would t fight for your freedom, why should we?