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The Islamic State (IE) Group controls less than 1% of its self-proclaimed "Caliphate", which covered vast areas of Syria and Iraq, the international coalition announced on Thursday [19659003In2014extremistsmanagedtocapturevastareasofbothcountriesbutinternationaloffensiveswiththesupportoflocaltroopsreducedtheterritoryundertheircontroltoalmostnothing[19659003] Extremists are trapped in the latest epidemic in eastern Syria, in the border region of Deir Ezzor, before the final action of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an Arab-Kurdish alliance backed by the international coalition led by the United States. 9659006] In Syria, these "allied forces … have released 99.5% of the territories controlled by the IE," the coalition said in a statement.
"As we continue to put pressure on the IE fighters who are in a sector each time Less than 1% of the caliphate, extremists try to escape by mingling with women and innocent children who are trying to flee the fighting. "
" These tactics will not work, "says deputy commander of
The homeless are currently operating in Deir Ezzor province against the last stronghold of the city. IE, located near the Iraqi border, in an area of four km2.
– EI Foreigners –
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump was very optimistic, believing that the victory against the extremists was imminent.
In December, Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 US troops. "The official announcement that we are taking 100% of the caliphate is scheduled for next week," he said Wednesday.
"I do not want to announce too soon," he said. "There are still epidemics", which "will become smaller and smaller," but "can be dangerous," acknowledged Trump.
A few days ago, the SDS offensive was suspended. FDS combatants on the ground say the extremists have used the civilians still in the Redoubt as "human shields".
"The SDS suspended its offensive a few days ago, which allows them to reorganize and strengthen," confirmed Thursday at a press conference in Paris the spokesman of the 39, French staff, Colonel Patrik Steiger.
For several days, hundreds of people – women and children with their belongings – have arrived at positions controlled by the SDS,
Since the beginning of December, more than 37 000 people have fled the last bastion extremist, mainly families of IE fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH).
There are also foreigners, relatives of extremists, placed in the custody of the SDS and who ask to be repatriated to their country of origin.
Despite public pressure, France has resolved the return of French extremists.
On Wednesday, in a camp for displaced people in northern Syria, dozens of foreign women were killed. and their newly arrived children from the last bastion of EI were waiting in an area to give them a tent, AFP said.
Women wearing niqab spoke with their children, pale and weak, in English or French. The conflict in Syria, which began in 2011, has become more complex with the years and the intervention of multiple foreign actors. Since then, he has left more than 360,000 dead and millions of displaced people.
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