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US-backed forces declare victory over Islamic State in Syria after freeing last pocket held by militants

US-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved out in large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Islamic State loses more ground to SDF in last Syria enclave; militants, family members surrender by the hundreds

In a statement, the SDF said its fighters had made progress into the remaining IS-held part of the enclave in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border. It said 15 IS members had been killed on Thursday morning.

In Syria's Baghouz, last village under Islamic State control, militants remain organised and brutal to the bitter end

Islamic State militants are now fighting their final battle, holed up in tunnels and caves inside Baghouz, the last village they control, in Syria

Prominent French jihadi brothers killed in US-backed air strikes over Islamic State-held area in Syria

The US-led coalition announced Fabien's death several days after the strike. The two brothers joined IS together and Fabien went on to become the group's voice in France. Fabien's voice was on an IS recording claiming responsibility for the worst terrorist violence in France's modern history a series of bombings and shootings in Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 people.

Wounded and alone, children flee Islamic State's last enclave, hope for medical care, mental health support

Hareth was 11 years old when Islamic State carved out its “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, killing thousands of civilians and attracting an array of enemies.

Syrian Democratic Forces to keep corridor open for rescuing civilians from last Islamic State pocket

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have evacuated nearly 5,000 men, women and children from the Islamic State holdout since Wednesday.

Islamic State faces defeat in Syria after US-backed SDF operations; withdrawal of American troops spells uncertainty for region

Islamic State looked close to defeat in its last enclave in eastern Syria on Wednesday as civilians poured out and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the remaining jihadists wanted to fight to the death.

Hundreds flee as US-backed Syrian forces battle for last Islamic State bastion Baghouz bordering Iraq

Nearly 600 civilians fled the Islamic State group's last bastion in eastern Syria on Tuesday, as Kurdish-led forces and the US-backed SDF boxed holdout jihadists into an ever-shrinking pocket.