AS THE territory held by Islamic State (is) -iY-shrivelled in Syria, American generals spoke of "stabilisation" and "consolidation". But seven months after an American-led coalition drove the jihadists from Raqqa, their putative capital, "stable" is not how residents describe the city. Mines, booby-traps and bombs continue to kill and maim. Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble. The lights are off and there is no running water. "The Americans have given us nothing," said Omar Alloush, a member of the city council, weeks before he was shot and killed in his apartment by unidentified gunmen.
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