Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin yakin basasar Siriya, 'yan adawar Siriya ne suka kwace birnin a shekara ta 2013 sannan kuma kungiyar IS. ISIS ta mai da birnin babban birninta a shekarar 2014. A sakamakon haka, gwamnatin Siriya, Rasha, Amurka, da wasu ƙasashe da dama sun kai wa birnin hare-hare ta sama. Yawancin gine-ginen addinai da ba na Sunni ba a cikin birni sun lalace ta hanyar ISIS, musamman Masallacin Shia Uwais al-Qarni, yayin da wasu suka canza zuwa masallatan Sunni. A kan, bin wani
Bayan doguwar yaƙi wanda ya ga ɓarnar da aka yi wa garin, Sojojin Demokradiyyar Siriya (SDF) sun ayyana 'yancin Raqqa daga Daular Islama ya cika.