Tag: Raqqa

Raqqa’s dead reveal terrible secret of battle to oust Isis

Hannan Mukhlaf and her daughter lost 11 members of their family in an airstrike by the US-led coalition in Raqqa. Western powers continue to deny the civilian death tolls released by independent monitorsFrom beneath the rubble of their homes and the soil of their city parks and gardens, Raqqa’s dead are rising to tell their tales.

Some have been found with their hands bound, a single gunshot wound to the head. Others have no skull. The bodies of one family were found unmarked, entombed to die side by side of hunger…more: The Times,