US-backed Syrian Force Declares ISIS Is in ‘Final Moments’

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend the funeral of a local official that the SDF say was assassinated in a Kurdish-held area in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, in the Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Dec. 31, 2018. Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images

Fighters from the ISIS terrorist group are “living their final moments” in the last enclave they hold near the Iraqi border, as the U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) has engaged those fighters, a spokesman for the SDF says.

Mustafa Bali, who is in charge of the SDF media office, said Jan. 13 its forces had ramped up attacks in the last two days and taken control of the area between the ISIS enclave and the Iraqi border, cutting off an escape route.