Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout
- 13-Feb-2019
US-backed forces pressed the battle to expel Islamic State (IS) militants from the last pocket of land under their control in eastern Syria
Iraq launches operation to clear last IS holdouts from desert
- 23-Nov-2017
BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces announced the launch of a major operation on Thursday to flush remaining Islamic State group fighters out of the western desert near the border with Syria. The arid, sparsely populated wastelands between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are the last refuge of the jihadists in Iraq after troops and paramilitaries ousted them […]