With Loss of Raqqa, the ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Is Ending

Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces fire their arms during a battle against ISIS terrorists to retake the central hospital of Raqqa, Syria, on the western frontline of the city on Sept. 28. BULENT KILIC/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The ISIS terrorist group is losing one of the last strongholds of its proclaimed “caliphate,” as coalition forces reach the final stages of pushing it out of the city of Raqqa in Syria.

Raqqa was the group’s last major stronghold, following its recent loss of Mosul in Iraq. The terrorist group is now being pushed into the Euphrates River Valley, and its self-proclaimed state is ending.