Syrian City’s Devastation Forgotten

Expand Rescue workers search for bodies still trapped under mounds of debris in Raqqa, Syria April 9, 2018. © 2018 Reuters The United Nations Security Council meets again today on Syria – for the sixth time in just over a week. While it’s tempting to ask what the deadlocked council will achieve with more talk, this meeting is an important opportunity for it to address the dire situation in another part of Syria -- Raqqa city, recently freed of Islamic State (ISIS) forces. During a visit to Raqqa in late January, Human Rights Watch documented the devastating impact that ISIS’s homemade landmines,…

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