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    The Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF) (Arabic: قوات الأمن الداخلي في الرقة, romanized: Quwwāt al-ʾAmn ad-Dāḵilī fi'r-Raqqah) are a police unit that...
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    Thuwar al-Raqqa (formerly Jahbat Thuwar al-Raqqa), and the rest of the SDF and the Raqqa Internal Security Forces over recruitment issues in Raqqa. A curfew...
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    provide security in towns along the Khabur River. On 17 May 2017, the Raqqa Internal Security Forces were established for policing in Raqqa. On 25 May...
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    including Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa, and the rest of the SDF and the Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF) over recruitment issues in Raqqa. A curfew was put in...
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    Raqqa (Arabic: ٱلرَّقَّة, romanized: ar-Raqqah, also al-Raḳḳa, Kurdish: Reqa) is a city in Syria on the North bank of the Euphrates River, about 160 kilometres...
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    Rojava–Islamist conflict by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the Islamic State (IS) in the Raqqa Governorate, with the goal of isolating and eventually...
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    continue training Raqqa internal security forces recruits. According to Kurdistan 24, members of the Raqqa Internal Security Forces are mainly Arabs....
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    the Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), an international coalition, primarily composed of the Syrian Democratic Forces and CJTF–OIR, captured the Raqqa Governorate...
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    coalition trains policemen for Syria's Raqqa". Middle East Eye. O. I. R. Spokesman. "Raqqah Internal Security Force troops help one other adjust protective...
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    from ISIL during the Raqqa campaign, the Raqqa Internal Security Forces and Manbij Internal Security Forces operated as police forces. Deir ez-Zor also maintain...
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    Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024) (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces)
    December 2024. "Al-Raqqa | Member of "Al-Asayish" killed and others injured in an attack by ISIS cells on checkpoint of Internal Security Forces". SOHR. 17 December...
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    the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the SOF and FSB special forces units took charge of ensuring the security. The SOF also conducted counter-terrorism and special...
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  • armored vehicles, and medical support, with a large boost delivered for the Raqqa offensive. All are pickup trucks which were either modified to hold weapons...
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    Hayder Group/Regiment Raqqa Hawks Brigade (not to be confused with the Syrian Democratic Forces' Raqqa Hawks Brigade) The Tiger Forces consisted of as many...
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  • 2025-03-14. "IS*IS resurgence | Three members of Internal Security Forces kil*led and injured in Al-Raqqa". SOHR. 12 March 2025. ToI Staff. "Arab Israeli...
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  • December 2024. "Al-Raqqa | Member of "Al-Asayish" killed and others injured in an attack by ISIS cells on checkpoint of Internal Security Forces". SOHR. 17 December...
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  • government forces, which were receiving financial and military support from Iran and Russia. Rebels captured the regional capitals of Raqqa in 2013 and...
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    Eastern Syria insurgency (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces)
    Democratic Forces and the CJTF-OIR. This eventually resulted in the taking of the Islamic State capital of Raqqa, and other areas in the Aleppo, Raqqa and Deir...
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    controls the Internal Security Forces, through the Criminal Security Directorate, which is organized into six separate divisions of police forces under a Director...
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  • US intervention in the Syrian civil war (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces)
    ISIL in the Raqqa offensive where they could provide artillery support for US-backed local forces that were preparing an assault on Raqqa to liberate...
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  • May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-03. "Security operation | Internal Security Forces arrest members of IS*IS in Al-Raqqa City". SOHR. Retrieved 2024-05-01...
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    injuries, al-Baghdadi fled IS's capital city Raqqa due to the intense bombing campaign launched by Coalition forces, and sought refuge in the Iraqi city of...
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    into the war effort. In 2016–2017, the SDF's Raqqa campaign led to the liberation of the city of Raqqa, the Islamic State's de facto capital. Several...
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    Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces)
    ISIL forces across Syria, destroying an ISIL checkpoint near Kobanî, damaging a tank north of the Sinjar Mountain area, destroying a tank west of Raqqa, and...
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    Syrian civil war (category Wars involving the Popular Mobilization Forces)
    region from 2017 until 2024. ISIS was defeated in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. In December 2019 regime forces launched an offensive on Idlib province which ended...
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  • according to SOHR, Turkish forces shelled Fatima village in the Ain Issa countryside in the Tell Abyad District of Raqqa Governorate, an area controlled...
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  • Syrian football club based in Raqqa. It was founded in 1962. They play their home games at the Raqqa Stadium. In 2016 Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently...
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    Raqqa, after rebel forces drove out the Assad regime and ISIL infiltrated the town, "first dozens and then hundreds of people disappeared". Security and...
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    Leith Fadel (5 March 2016). "Syrian Democratic Forces capture 2 villages from ISIS in northern Raqqa". Al-Masdar News. Archived from the original on...
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  • Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023) (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces)
    the SDF to release Abu Khawla. Around the same time, the AANES' Internal Security Forces arrested the manager of the local Baz press agency. Together, these...
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