Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeSyria, guta racho rakatorwa muna 2013 nevapanduki vokuSyria uye rakazotorwa neIslamic State. ISIS yakaita guta racho guta rayo guru muna 2014. Somugumisiro, guta racho rakarohwa nendege nehurumende yeSyria, Russia, United States, nedzimwe nyika dzinoverengeka. Zvizhinji zvezvivakwa zvechitendero zvisiri zvevaSunni muguta zvakaparadzwa neISIS, kunyanya Shia Uwais al-Qarni Mosque, nepo mamwe akachinjwa kuva mosque dzevaSunni. Pamusoro, kutevera
Hondo yakareba yakaona kuparadzwa kukuru kweguta racho, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) yakazivisa kusunungurwa kweRaqqa kubva kuIslam State kuti yapera.