Saturday, 7 February 2015

Raqqa

A statement purportedly from the Islamic State claims a young American held hostage was killed in an airstrike this week


According to the group, the 26-year-old humanitarian worker died as a result of coalition airstrikes just outside the Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's defacto capital in the country's east.


The message, which could not be independently verified but appeared on a website affiliated with ISIS, said the woman was killed during noon prayers in airstrikes that targeted "the same location for more than an hour."


It published photos allegedly of the bombed site, showing a damaged three-story building along with the message. Read more...


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