The U.S.-backed Syrian force closing in on the last patch of Islamic State (IS) ...
NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria - The U.S.-backed Syrian force closing in on the last patch of Islamic State territory near the Iraqi border expects a “decisive battle” on Sunday after advancing gradually, a spokesman said overnight.
But it is universally accepted that the group, which has been in territorial retreat since then and suffered its major defeats in 2017, will remain a security threat as an insurgent force with sleeper cells and some desolate pockets of territory. “Our forces are advancing at a slow pace to avoid any problems since Daesh mined the area very extensively. Thousands of mines are present along the roads in that small patch,” he said on a hill overlooking Baghouz.
Some 40,000 people bearing various nationalities have left the jihadists’ diminishing territory in the last three months as the SDF sought to oust the militants from remaining pockets.
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