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U.S.-backed forces in Syria celebrated the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, the terror group's self-proclaimed capital. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports from the city and Princeton University professor Bernard Haykel joins CBSN to discuss what happens next.
CBS News' Holly Williams was one of few American journalists who witnessed the celebration Monday as U.S.-backed forces were close to liberating Raqqa from ISIS. On Tuesday, militias declared victory in the city. As Williams reports, that victory came at a terrible price.
U.S.-backed troops are celebrating in Syria after recapturing Raqqa from ISIS. The city had served as the terror group's de facto capital. David Schenker of The Washington Institute joins CBSN to discuss what comes next.
U.S.-backed forces in Syria are celebrating the defeat of ISIS in its former stronghold of Raqqa. Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces danced and chanted in the streets. They say total victory will come within hours. Losing Raqqa is a major blow for ISIS as the terror group once called the city its capital. Holly Williams reports.
Time is just about up for ISIS in Raqqa. There's been no official declaration of victory, but U.S.-backed fighters aren't waiting for one. They say ISIS is finished in the city. Holly Williams has more.
The extremist group is on its last legs in the city that was once the so-called capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). U.S.-backed forces are making a final push to retake Raqqa. Holly Williams reports.
A young Syrian refugee became a social media sensation last year when she posted about her country's civil war. Now living in Turkey, she and her mother have written a book about their harrowing experiences. Rina Ninan reports.
About 250 ISIS fighters are thought to holed up in a small area of Raqqa, the terror group's self-proclaimed capital. Holly Williams got a rare look inside the "shattered heart of Raqqa" and reports on the progress to reclaim the city.
An American military spokesman in Syria says coalition troops are trying to help civilians get out of the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. Militias backed by the U.S. are close to driving ISIS out of the city it claims as its capital. One young civilian claims she was forced to go there from the U.S. Holly Williams reports.
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On the edge of Raqqa, CBS News correspondent Holly Williams encountered a group of women who have just escaped ISIS territory -- including an American teen. The girl, 15, grew up in Kansas but was taken to Syria against her will five years ago.
As U.S.-backed forces close in on ISIS' self-proclaimed capital in Syria, Raqqa, people are volunteering to help finish off the terror group. Holly Williams reports from Syria.
Photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie travels the world to document the stark realities of war. On a trip to Syria in 2013, Alpeyrie was kidnapped while moving toward the front lines. His new book titled "The Shattered Lens: A War Photographer's True Story of Captivity and Survival in Syria," details the 81-day ordeal. He joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the harrowing experience and what it's like to document countries in crisis.
U.S.-backed forces may be just days away from victory in Raqqa, the Syrian city that ISIS considers its capital. The terror group once ruled over large portions of Iraq and Syria. Holly Williams got a rare look inside of Raqqa.
American-backed Syrian militiamen who are fighting ISIS in Raqqa tell CBS News correspondent Holly Williams and her team they are just days away from declaring victory. ISIS militants seized Raqqa in 2014 and made it their de facto capital.
ISIS has held the Syrian city Raqqa for more than three years. Now, U.S.-backed forces in the Syrian military are beginning a final push to drive the terrorist organization out. Holly Williams has more from Raqqa.
In our ongoing series, Issues That Matter, we take a look at our nation's fight against ISIS. The State Department says ISIS has lost about 78 percent of its territory in Iraq and 58 percent in Syria since its peak in 2014. Nearly one-third of those losses have happened in the past six months. Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how ISIS is fighting for their life, "block by block." McGurk served under three administrations and just returned from a 12-day trip to the Middle East.
Today is the 36th birthday of missing American journalist Austin Tice. He was abducted in Syria on Aug. 14, 2012 while documenting the intensity of a then-young civil war. Jeff Glor and his team met Tice's parents in their hometown of Houston to learn how they're hopeful about their son's return.
President Trump says he wants to move forward and work constructively with Russia after his G20 meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump sent a tweet saying that he questioned Putin on election meddling and negotiated a cease-fire in Syria. Julianna Goldman reports.
Douglas Ollivant, New America senior fellow and a former director at the National Security Council, joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Washington to discuss how President Trump's first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin went. He also addresses the Syria cease-fire agreement and nuclear threat from North Korea.
U.S.-backed forces in Syria are marking an important milestone in the fight against ISIS. U.S. Central Command says the fighters broke through a key defensive wall and entered the old city of Raqqa, but with multiple countries vying for influence in the region, the fight to oust ISIS has become complicated. Holly Williams reports.
In Iraq Monday, ISIS sent female suicide bombers to attack Iraqi soldiers in Mosul, killing one. It was an act of desperation, with U.S.-backed Iraqi forces close to recapturing the entire city. In Syria, ISIS is surrounded in Raqqa, with several competing armies jockeying for position. Holly Williams reports from northern Syria.
U.S.-backed forces are getting closer to ridding Raqqa of ISIS, who have made the city their stronghold. But much of the city is already destroyed and some ISIS gunmen are determined to fight to the end. Holly Williams reports from inside the city.
Director Matthew Heineman and Syrian journalist Abdalaziz Alhamza discuss their upcoming documentary "City of Ghosts" which focuses on a very unusual group of citizen journalists putting their lives on the line in the fight against ISIS in Syria.
CBS News Foreign Correspondent Holly Williams gives an update on the fight against the Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, the group's self-proclaimed capital.
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