Inside The Last Scrap Of The ISIS 'Caliphate'

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Daily Mail: Inside the last scrap of the ISIS 'caliphate': Corpses and booby traps litter the ground in battle-scarred terrain that has finally been reclaimed by US-backed forces

* Corpses, booby traps and explosives belts were strewn across Baghouz, eastern Syria, after the brutal siege
* IS desperately sent their wives and daughters to fight as air strikes rained down on the remote village
* Haunting images show the rubble of their last citadel where they had been forced to live underground
* US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces declared victory on Saturday after months of battling at the fort

Corpses and booby traps litter the last field of battle-scarred terrain that has finally been reclaimed from ISIS by US-backed forces.

Islamic State deployed suicide bombers, snipers, rockets and female fighters as they did everything in their power to desperately cling to Baghouz, eastern Syria.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces declared victory over the jihadists on Saturday in the remote village, after reducing their once terrifying proto-state to a ghostly riverside camp.

Bullet-riddled trucks, burnt out cars, sheets from tents used to cover their underground dwellings and rusted Kalashnikovs were the sorry remains of the once proud 'caliphate.'

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Update #1:US-backed Kurdish fighters clear explosives in village retaken from ISIS -- Military Times/AP
Update #2:With The Collapse Of The ISIS 'Caliphate,' A Camera Lens Lingers On Those Left Behind -- NPR

WNU Editor: The last days for the ISIS were not pretty .... Suicide bombers, rockets: the last days of the IS 'caliphate' (AFP).