Summary: More than three years ago, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL, which is also known as ISIS) captured the Syrian city of Raqqa and declared it the capital of its "caliphate". Images that emerged from the city, of atrocities used as propaganda, have been some of the most gruesome and distressing media output to emerge from a war that continues to cause untold suffering. When the Syrian Democratic Forces finally rolled into al-Naim Square, Western journalists travelling with them told a story of triumph and liberation. The story that gets told, however, depends on who is telling it. Contributors: Lina Khatib, head of the Middle East and North Africa programme, Chatham House Omar Al Ghazzi, assistant professor of Media, LSE AbdAlaziz Alhamza, cofounder, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently Christa Salamandra, professor of anthropology, The City University of New York Bassam Haddad, co-editor, Jadaliyya More from The Listening Post on: YouTube - http://aje.io/listeningpostYT Facebook - http://facebook.com/AJListeningPost Twitter - http://twitter.com/AJListeningPost Website - http://aljazeera.com/listeningpost
