Raqa
US-backed fighters have captured 90 percent of the Syrian city of Raqa from the Islamic State group after overrunning five strategic neighbourhoods.
At least 42 civilians were killed Monday in a barrage of US-led air strikes on Islamic State group territory in the Syrian city of Raqa, a monitor said.
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa
While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria's battle-torn Raqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed back in to recover the bodies of loved ones killed there.
Up to 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the Syrian jihadist stronghold of Raqa.
US-backed forces struggled to gain ground against the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqa on Friday.
US-backed Syrian fighters seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city.
A US-backed alliance broke into the western part of the Islamic State group's stronghold opening up a second front inside the Syrian city
The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria before returning last summer.
Around 200,000 people have fled the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa.
