Donald Trump announced that the territory of the Islamic State in Syria had been "eliminated 100%"

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the "100%" Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) had been defeated in Syria.

Trump accompanied these cartographic statements that he showed to reporters. In one of them, we could see the areas occupied in the past by the Islamic State, and on a second map, we could see the current situation without the presence of the jihadist group. "That's what ISIS was on election day (presidential elections in the US), and that's what there is now"He said, showing the two cards.

"The territorial caliphate has been eliminated in Syria," said presidential spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.

"ISIS uses the Internet almost better than anyone, but all the people who are sensitive to its propaganda know that they have been completely beaten at all levels," Trump had already tweeted. "There is nothing to admire about them, they are always trying to let a glimmer of hope shine, but they are losers at the limit of their strength," he added.

The White House's statements come at a time when the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-Arab alliance backed by the US-led international coalition, is resuming their operations against the Islamic State in Baghuz on Tuesday. last bastion of the jihadist group in the east. Syria, after two days of suspension.

Last Wednesday, Trump He made a similar presentation to the White House in which he could see on the second map a red dot on Al Baguz and predicted that victory would be proclaimed that night on the caliphate, which ultimately did not happen. not produced.

At first, Washington reported that the confirmation of victory came from the cbad Fox NewsA few minutes later, Sanders said he received a call from the Ministry of Defense ratifying the news.

The Pentagon did not make a statement when it was contacted by EFE.

For its part, Abul Hasan al-Muhayir, spokesman for the Islamic State, said last week in a long speech that the defeat of his organization during the "Battle of Al Baguz" would not mean the end of the group.

"The scenes of the poor and the weak, the elderly, the women and the children who escape the murderous siege of Al Baguz will not affect the determination of the children and soldiers of the caliphate", he proclaimed.

So, He reminded that in addition Syria and in Iraq, ISIS fighters are active in other parts of the world and in such areas as Afghanistan and West Africa., where the terrorist group has perpetrated frequent attacks for years, particularly in Nigeria and Niger.