As Many As 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqqa, U.N. Says

Inside De Facto Capital Raqqa, ISIS Is Losing Its Grip
This undated frame grab from video posted online Saturday, June 10, 2017, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, shows a mosque that was damaged by bombardment by the U.S.-led coalition and U.S.-backed fighters in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. (Aamaq News Agency via AP)
Inside De Facto Capital Raqqa, ISIS Is Losing Its Grip
This undated frame grab from video posted online Saturday, June 10, 2017, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, shows a mosque that was damaged by bombardment by the U.S.-led coalition and U.S.-backed fighters in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. (Aamaq News Agency via AP)

As Many As 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Raqqa, U.N. Says

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NPR’s Rachel Martin asks the U.N.’s Matthias Behnke about civilians trapped in Raqqa, the former ISIS stronghold in Syria. The U.N. says up to 100,000 people are trapped there by anti-ISIS strikes.

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