- After 3 Months Of Seizing #Raqqa … The Neighborhoods Still Abandoned

- #Raqqa : More than 3 months passed since the Syrian democratic forces #SDF militant group could seize over Raqqa city, backed up by the US-Led Coalition, but most of its neighborhoods abandoned and empty of residents.

Mashlab neighborhood eastern #Raqqa city and the first seized neighborhood by SDF is the only one that some of residents returned to it, while other neighborhoods witnessing a slow return movement, as other neighborhoods became similar to ghosts’ cities.

The land mines planted by #ISIS in the city’s neighborhoods was a main reason to stop the flow of returnees, in addition to the destruction in the infrastructure and services such as water, electricity, schools, bakeries and others.

Although of the visit of Saudi minister of Gulf affairs, Thamer Sabhan, to the city an discuss the matter related with re-building the city, but still no effective steps were taken yet.

Separately, Dr. Abdullah Saghir, executive manager of Syrian engineers organization for development, told Qasioun News Agency previously that there is no possibility to rebuild the city right now.

He pointed out that rebuilding needs political stabilization and political government verified internationally, adding that Raqqa city’s fate still unknown.

Thousands of Raqqa city’s residents still existing in the northern camps of Syria (Hasakeh and northern Raqqa) while others arrived to the Euphrates shield held areas and Idlib since the SDF seizure over Raqqa city last October 17, 2017.