A city apart: Raqqa residents fear ‘separatism’ and the ‘IS card’

By Walid Al NofalAbdulmajid Ismail|2024-12-26T18:50:12+01:00December 26, 2024|

SDF-held Raqqa city is tense, its nights under curfew punctuated by gunfire and arrests. Residents feel cut off from the rest of Syria, fearing the possibility of partition and a return of IS.