Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasar Siriya, 'yan adawa na Siriya sun kama birnin a 2013 sannan daga baya 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, bayan dogon yaƙi
wanda ya ga mummunar lalacewar garin, Sojojin Demokradiyyar Siriya (SDF) sun ayyana 'yanci na Raqqa daga' yan kungiyar Islama.