Last ISIS Holdout on Verge of Defeat in East Syria

Last ISIS Holdout on Verge of Defeat in East Syria
An Iraqi special forces soldier fires an RPG during clashes with ISIS terrorists in Bartella, east of Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 20, 2016. Goran Tomasevic/File Photo/Reuters
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NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria—The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will capture the ISIS terrorist group last enclave in eastern Syria “in a very short time,” the battle commander said on Saturday, Feb. 16.

The victory will bring the terrorist group, whose self-proclaimed caliphate once stretched across swathes of Syria and Iraq, to the brink of total territorial defeat.