Battle of Raqqa

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battle military campaign

The Battle of Raqqa was a major military campaign in 2017 in which the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, effectively ending ISIS’s de facto capital in Syria.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Raqqa (2017)	5
Battle of Raqqa canonical	1
Defeat of the Islamic State in Raqqa	1
Northern Raqqa offensive (2016–2017)	1
Raqqa campaign	1
Syrian Democratic Forces–Islamic State conflict	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerentCommanders	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ⓘ Abu Khawla (SDF field commander) ⓘ Rojda Felat ⓘ
casualties	thousands of civilians killed and wounded ⓘ
coalitionOperationName	Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ
combatant	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces United States-led coalition ⓘ
conflictType	urban warfare ⓘ
controlAfterBattle	Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
country	Syria ⓘ
destruction	widespread destruction of urban infrastructure ⓘ
displacement	large-scale displacement of Raqqa’s civilian population ⓘ
endDate	2017-10-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Eastern Syria campaign (2017–2019) ⓘ
involves	Arab militias within the SDF ⓘ YPG ⓘ surface form: Kurdish YPG forces within the SDF
location	Raqqa ⓘ
notableFor	heavy use of artillery by coalition forces ⓘ high civilian casualty concerns by human rights organizations ⓘ intense close air support by coalition aircraft ⓘ
objective	Capture Raqqa from the Islamic State ⓘ Eliminate Islamic State governance in Raqqa ⓘ
partOf	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war Global Coalition to Counter ISIL ⓘ surface form: War against the Islamic State
precededBy	Battle of Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Raqqa offensive (2016–2017)
previousControl	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
result	Capture of Raqqa by the Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ Battle of Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Defeat of the Islamic State in Raqqa End of Raqqa as de facto capital of the Islamic State in Syria ⓘ Syrian Democratic Forces victory ⓘ
significance	end of Raqqa as de facto capital of the Islamic State ⓘ major turning point in the territorial defeat of the Islamic State in Syria ⓘ
startDate	2017-06-06 ⓘ
support	French Armed Forces ⓘ British Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces United States Air Force ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: United States special operations forces
supportedBy	United States-led coalition ⓘ surface form: U.S.-led coalition
theater	Northern Syria ⓘ
timePeriod	2017 ⓘ
used	artillery bombardment ⓘ intensive airstrikes ⓘ
usedBy	Islamic State human shields ⓘ Islamic State improvised explosive devices ⓘ Islamic State suicide car bombs ⓘ

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Syrian Civil War → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

Operation Inherent Resolve → notableBattle → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → conflict → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces–Islamic State conflict

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Raqqa campaign

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Battle of Raqqa → result → Battle of Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defeat of the Islamic State in Raqqa

Battle of Raqqa → precededBy → Battle of Raqqa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Raqqa offensive (2016–2017)

Eastern Syria → notableBattle → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017)

Raqqa → subjectOf → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017)

SDF → notableBattle → Battle of Raqqa ⓘ

subject surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces

this entity surface form: Battle of Raqqa (2017)