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An Islamic State militant flag lies in a tent encampment after US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters took control of Baghouz, Syria on, March 23, 2019. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
April 21, 2019, 6:53 am
Month after defeat of IS ‘caliphate,’ terror group still a threat
Islamic State cells still hiding out in desert and members maintain support with some local organizations; Kurds struggle to deal with jailed terror suspects and refugee influx
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Illustrative: In this photo from April 3, 2018, a Kurdish prison security guard, left, escorts a 19-year-old former fighter of the Islamic State extremist group, into the courtroom of a Kurdish-run terrorism court, in Qamishli, north Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 6, 2019, 5:30 pm
US-led coalition says allies in Syria foil Islamic State prison break
Spokesman says all detainees accounted for and that fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces ‘peacefully’ dealt with incident
By AP
A picture taken on March 23, 2019 shows the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) flag atop a building in the Islamic State group's last bastion in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz after defeating the jihadist group (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
March 23, 2019, 8:52 am
Islamic State is defeated, ‘caliphate’ is gone, US-backed Syrian forces declare
Syrian Democratic Forces says it has liberated final area held by terrorist group in village of Baghouz, but sporadic gunfire continues and some IS fighters still hiding out
By AP
Civilians evacuated from the Islamic State group's embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 5, 2019 (Bulent KILIC / AFP)
March 14, 2019, 10:44 pm
Islamic State fighters, families surrender after offensive in Syria
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces report further success in battle to remove terror group’s threat in its last stronghold in Baghouz
By Agencies
In this photo from December 30, 2018, shows a line of US military vehicles in Syria's northern city of Manbij. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
March 9, 2019, 6:52 pm
IS attack on US-led coalition wounds two allied fighters
Jihadist hits convoy that includes US armored vehicle, anti-IS coalition fighters in city of Manbij, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says
By AFP
In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 file photo, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters watch as an airstrike hits territory still held by Islamic State in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
March 2, 2019, 12:37 pm
US-backed fighters advance against Islamic State in its last Syrian territory
Syrian Democratic Forces report heavy clashes in area of Baghouz, on the east bank of the Euphrates River; aid group says over 10,000 civilians evacuated since February 20
By AP
Young children look at a member of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the Islamic State (IS) group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on February 27, 2019. (Bulent KILIC / AFP)
March 2, 2019, 2:36 am
Kurdish-led Syria force resumes assault on last IS holdout
US-backed troops pushing to retake jihadist group’s last bastion in the Euphrates Valley after evacuating thousands of civilians and hostages trapped inside
By Rouba El Husseini
Women and children who fled the Islamic State (IS) group's last embattled holdout of Baghouz wait to be searched by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters (not pictured) in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province, on February 22, 2019. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
February 24, 2019, 2:31 pm
As ‘caliphate’ crumbles, Islamic State women remain defiant
With US-backed forces removing civilians from last stronghold of terror group, some refuse to acknowledge its downfall and maintain loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
By AFP and TOI staff
Civilians fleeing the Islamic State's group embattled holdout of Baghouz walk in a field on February 13, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
February 20, 2019, 12:38 pm
Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout, say US-backed forces
Syrian Democratic Forces slows down offensive to evacuate civilians from last patch of Islamic State territory
By Gihad Darwish and Rouba El Husseini
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces commander Jia Furat (C) answers questions from reporters near the Omar oil field in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on February 16, 2019. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
February 16, 2019, 3:43 pm
US-backed forces in Syria to declare defeat of IS in coming days
SDF commander says Islamic State now only holds tiny pocket of territory, but large number of civilians still inside jihadists’ last enclave
By Maya Gebeily and Rouba El Husseini
Civilians fleeing the battered Islamic State-held holdout of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor walk past an armored vehicle and into a nearby area held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on February 12, 2019. Delil souleiman/AFP)
February 13, 2019, 9:59 am
Hundreds flee US-backed battle for last Islamic State holdout in Syria
Refugees from fighting straggle to coalition-held territory as some 600 die-hard jihadis hold out in small pocket
By Maya Gebeily
A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks past a former Islamic State (IS) group jihadist alms tax center in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province on January 27, 2019 after the Kurdish-led and US-backed SDF retook the city from IS fighters. (DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP)
February 10, 2019, 5:27 pm
‘Heavy clashes’ as US-backed forces make final push against IS
Kurdish-led troops closing in on last pocket of territory held by jihadist group in eastern Syria, where hundreds of civilians and foreign fighters are believed trapped
By Maya Gebeily
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), trained by the US-led coalition, participate in the graduation ceremony of their first regiment in al-Kasrah, a suburb of the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor (also Deir El-Zour), on May 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
February 9, 2019, 11:14 pm
US-backed fighters launch final push to defeat IS in Syria
Offensive begins after more than 20,000 civilians evacuated from IS-held area in Deir el-Zour, where terror group fighters besieged in two villages
By Bassem Mroue
Displaced Syrians who fled with their families Islamic State controlled areas in Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and Mayadeen gather at Aleppo's bus station of Ramussa on July 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
January 23, 2019, 2:46 pm
Kurd-led forces said to overrun last IS-held village in Syria
London-based monitor says terrorist group now only controls two hamlets; Syrian Democratic Forces offensive comes ahead of US troop pullout
By AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and his wife Susan disembark from their plane as they arrive at Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi on January 11, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP)
January 12, 2019, 4:48 pm
Pompeo ‘optimistic’ Syria Kurds, Turkey can be protected in possible US deal
In Abu Dhabi, US top diplomat says agreement in works to help Turkey defend itself from terrorists while aiding allies who fought with American forces against Islamic State
By Agencies
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