Aid package hopes to end 'death sentence' for innocent people in Raqqa

Britain has announced a £10m aid package to end the "death sentence" innocent people in the liberated Syrian city of Raqqa still face from so-called 'Islamic State' ('IS') booby-traps and war wounds.

Aid package hopes to end 'death sentence' for innocent people in Raqqa

Britain has announced a £10m aid package to end the "death sentence" innocent people in the liberated Syrian city of Raqqa still face from so-called 'Islamic State' ('IS') booby-traps and war wounds.

The city, described by the British government as "the head of the snake" of the so-called caliphate claimed by 'IS', was formally liberated on Friday when Syrian Democratic Forces, a group of militia factions, declared victory over the terror group.

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