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Raqqa in Ruins : Former ISIS Capital Reclaimed. February 2018 [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Summary:

Raqqa was once a thriving city in Syria; until 2014, when the jihadist group ISIS declared it as its self-proclaimed capital. In 2017, the battle for Raqqa began with Russian and Syrian bombers providing air strikes and the U.S. led Syrian Democratic Forces on the ground. The battle took many months, but eventually ISIS was driven out. The city is 80 percent destroyed and booby traps remain everywhere. Within days of liberation, CBC’s senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and cameraman Jean-François Bisson travelled to Raqqa to see what remains. Please note, this program contains disturbing images and subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (18 min 36 sec)
  • Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2018

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the Curio.ca channel: News in Review | Current Edition.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to Curio.ca channel subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:
Host: Serapio, Michael ; Journalist: Arsenault, Adrienne.
System Details Note:
Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/raqqa-in-ruins-former-isis-capital-reclaimed-16731/
Language Note:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Subject: IS (Organization)
Raqqah (Syria) > Social conditions > 21st century
War and society > Syria > Raqqah > History > 21st century
Social sciences
World history
Political science
Raqqah (Syria) > History, Military > 21st century
Syria > History > Civil war, 2011-
Genre: Streaming videos.


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