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Fear of a vacuum of power in Raqqa amid Syria's shifting landscape

Under the control of the Autonomous Administration since the fall of the Islamic State, some residents of Raqqa are suspicious of Damascus' new leaders.

Fear of a vacuum of power in Raqqa amid Syria's shifting landscape

The daylight slowly fades from Raqqa. In a few hours, the city will be placed under curfew. (Credit: Laurent Perpigna Iban/L'Orient Today)

Most of Raqqa has been raised to the ground by wave after wave of violence. First, the Assad family's iron grip, then the 2013 clashes between opposition groups and what would become, a few months later, the Islamic State (IS), then this...
Most of Raqqa has been raised to the ground by wave after wave of violence. First, the Assad family's iron grip, then the 2013 clashes between opposition groups and what would become, a few months later, the Islamic State (IS), then this...