Courtesy of Debka File:
Here is a report on Vladimir Putin's military intervention in the Syrian civil war, which at the moment (allegedly) involves not so much liberating Raqqa (200,000) as razing it: http://www.debka.com/article/25032/Massive-Russian-blanket-air-bombardment-is-flattening-Raqqa
Here is a tacit corroboration of the story: http://www.raqqa-sl.com/en/?p=1554
