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Islamic State attack in Raqqa kills 10 Syrian soldiers, second in a week

IS militants attacked several positions and checkpoints of the Syrian government and allied fighters in the group’s former stronghold of Raqqa.

Beatrice Farhat
Beatrice Farhat
Aug 8, 2023
GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP via Getty Images
A picture taken on July 8, 2017, shows a security checkpoint held by Syrian pro-government forces in the village of Khirbat al-Sa'ab, on the western outskirts of Raqa province, with a mural written on a wall on the right in Arabic reading: "Assad's Syria will remain an impregnable bastion." — GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP via Getty Images

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