Marwan Hisham

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Three weeks ago, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces announced the beginning of the long-anticipated offensive to take over ISIS' de facto capital, Raqqa. Since then, the coalition of Kurdish and Arab militias -- spearheaded by the YPG Kurdish militant group -- has achieved a slow but steady advance, capturing villages as close as 19 miles from the city.

The people of Raqqa, who've been living under the brutal rule of ISIS for over two years now, know that they want the militants out of their city. But what the predominantly Sunni Arab population is not sure of is whether they want the Kurds and other militias anywhere close.…  Seguir leyendo »

Living Under the Sword of ISIS in Syria

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A few weeks ago, my friend Saeed tried to get his family out of Raqqa, the city in eastern Syria that since 2014 has been the de facto capital of the self-declared Islamic State. “It’s becoming very hard to get any kind of work in Raqqa,” he told me. He was depressed that he’d failed in his attempt to smuggle his family over the Turkish border to the north.

I talk to Saeed almost every time he has a phone connection. He was one of the thousands who’d fled the fighting around Aleppo in northwestern Syria in 2012. I met him when he was searching for a house to rent in Raqqa.…  Seguir leyendo »