Iraq Launches Final Offensive on ISIS, Near Syrian Border

Iraq Launches Final Offensive on ISIS, Near Syrian Border
An Iraqi PMF machine-gunner on the Iraq-Syria border, June 20, 2017. (Martyn Aim/Getty Images).
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Iraqi forces launched on Thursday an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of ISIS, on the border area with Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.

“Daesh members have to choose between death and surrender,” he said in a statement announcing the offensive on region of al-Qaim and Rawa.