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title: 'Voice of America footage still: SDF, YPG and YPJ flags displayed in the centre of Raqqa after its capture (Raqqa, 20 October 2017)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/syria-sdf-ypg-ypj-flags-raqqa-2017/
description: In a street square lined with shattered buildings, a large yellow banner with a white emblem covers the front of a building.
section: Collection
---

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[![Voice of America footage still: SDF, YPG and YPJ flags, 2017 Syrian Democratic Forces photograph: In a street square lined](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/syria-sdf-ypg-ypj-flags-raqqa-2017.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/syria-sdf-ypg-ypj-flags-raqqa-2017.jpg)

# Voice of America footage still: SDF, YPG and YPJ flags displayed in the centre of Raqqa after its capture (Raqqa, 20 October 2017)

In a street square lined with shattered buildings, a large yellow banner with a white emblem covers the front of a building, and two tall flagpoles carry a yellow flag and a green flag with a red star; a military vehicle stands at the right. A "VOA" logo is in the lower right corner. The tell is flags and a building-sized banner raised in the ruined centre of the city, which claim the captured ground for the force that holds it.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

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## Text on the object

Checked for printed text: none found

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text on this object.

A "VOA" broadcaster logo at the lower right is not part of the object; the banner's own lettering is not legible.

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