“Many of the residents of the city have fled, but at least 30 to 40 percent of its original inhabitants are still here,” said the second resident. Islamic State’s foreign fighters, together with their families, now form a sizeable section the city’s population, according to a second Raqqa resident contacted by Reuters. Raqqa was the first city to fall to rebels fighting to overthrow Assad in 2013 and was controlled by a variety of groups until Islamic State rose to dominance and rapidly eliminated rival insurgents. More than 30 explosions were heard in the Raqqa city area overnight, said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict using a network of sources on the ground. hostage, had been held before being killed earlier this year. It said the strikes hit two Islamic State centres in Raqqa and an area where Kayla Mueller, a U.S. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently posted a video with audio of the rumble of jets overhead which it said was from inside Raqqa. “The coalition strikes are much more precise, but the Russian strikes are like the regime’s strikes - indiscriminate,” said the resident, contacted by Skype. “The sounds of the explosions rocked the city and lit up the sky,” said another Raqqa resident contacted by Reuters.
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