Raqqa In Focus: The Battle For Raqqa

RAQQA, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: A hole smashed through the wall between two civilian houses made by the Islamic State militants to enable them to move discreetly from one region to another at al-Mashlab neighborhood in the west of Raqqa city on August 3, 2017. The Islamic State militants have opened the civilian houses on each other to enable to hide from the US-led coalition airstrikes and to strike the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions from the back-lines. The Battle of Raqqa was launched in June 2017 and is the fifth and final phase of the Raqqa Campaign launched by the SDF against occupying Islamic State. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb / Getty Images)