Syrians brave mines, execution to flee IS in Raqa
A displaced Syrian child eats at a temporary camp in the village of Ain Issa on May 1, 2017. People have been arriving at the camp for months, but the pace has picked up as the Syrian Democratic Forces militia presses its offensive against IS Displaced Syrians, who fled the countryside surrounding the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqa, arrive at a temporary camp in the village of Ain Issa on May 1, 2017 Ain Issa (Syria) The main section of a camp for the displaced in the northern Syrian town of Ain Issa is full, but civilians fleeing the Islamic State group keep on arriving. The camp is a stark affair, with dusty tents flapping in the wind atop white gravel that covers inhabitants in a fine white dust. People have been arriving at the camp for months, but the pace has picked up as the Syrian Democratic Forces militia presses its offensive against IS. The US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters is pushing towards Raqa city, IS's most imp...