Tag: Al-Rumeilah district

Heartbroken residents get glimpse of Raqa in ruins

by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse RAQA, Syria (AFP) – Tears streaming down her freckled face, 35-year-old Asya took in the shattered glass, gutted storefronts and crumbling cafes — all that remain of her favorite shopping street in Syria’s Raqa. “This was once the most beautiful city, my God,” said the woman in a mustard-coloured headscarf, gesturing out of the back seat of a car moving slowly down Raqa’s once-bustling Tal Abyad boulevard. “Now look around you. Look […]