ISIS on the brink of defeat in Syria as US-backed forces launch final attack.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria — The Islamic State faced final territorial defeat on Saturday as the U.S.-backed Syrian force battling the jihadists said it was closing in on their last bastion near the Iraqi border, capping years-long efforts to roll back the group.
"We expect it to be over soon," Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces told Reuters. While the fall of Baghouz, an eastern Syrian village on the bank of the Euphrates River, would mark a milestone in the campaign against the jihadists,
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