Raqqa Falls to Syrian Rebels

Raqqa fell to the Syrian rebels, on Monday.

The strategic city, along the Euphrates River, is the first provincial capital to fall to rebel forces.

If rebels can hold the town it would be further proof that the Assad regime is declining faster.

With fighting become more intense in Damascus and other cities, the government seems to have allowed some cities to fall, in order to preserve ones deemed of utmost importance.

The increased fighting has also caused the death toll to grow even faster.

An estimated seventy-three thousand people have been killed in the nearly two year conflict.