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In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
A shrapnel-riddled track encircles grassless pitch in Raqqa's main stadium.
Local teams, al-Sadd and Rashid, played a match on Monday.
The ISIS extremists had used the facility as a prison.
Kurdish YPG forces, as part of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, liberated the city in a four-month campaign that ended October 17, 2017.
Some of the stands are still potmarked because of the battles, but fands and media still attended.
Photos: Delil Souleiman | AFP
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In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa
In pictures: Football returns to former ISIS de facto capital Raqqa