BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Syria’s army and its allies began an assault on the largest remaining stronghold of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, Hezbollah-controlled media said, signaling the imminent fall of the militant group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
Islamic State has been all but destroyed over the past two years, remaining only in Albu Kamal in Syria, Rawa in Iraq, in a few neighboring villages and patches of desert, and some isolated pockets elsewhere.
At the height of its power in 2015, it ruled over an expanse of the two countries, eradicating their border, printing money, imposing draconian laws and plotting attacks across the world.
On Wednesday, the army and its allies surrounded Albu Kamal and started to enter it, the pro-Hezbollah al-Manar television said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, reported that Iraqi militias had crossed into Syria to join the assault, but they denied it.
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WNU Editor: The Iraqi military is also launching an offensive on their side of the border .... Iraqi troops target Islamic State remnants near Syria border (The New Arab). As for the coalition's air strikes against ISIS, they are down .... ISIS airstrikes down 60 to 70 percent as caliphate crumbles in Iraq and Syria (FOX News).
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