After defeat in Iraq, IS fights on in last enclave in Syria

Qassim Abdul-zahra and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

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11:17 am EST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018

FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters use their video camera through a hole as they film a street controlled by Islamic State militants, on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria. A year after it was routed from Iraq following a three-year devastating war that left Iraqi cities in ruin, the Islamic State group is fighting to hang on to its last enclave in Syria, engaging in deadly battles with U.S.-backed forces in the country's east near the Iraqi border. less

FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian DemocraticForces (SDF) fighters use their video camera through a hole as they film a street controlled by Islamic State militants, on the front line ... more

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FILE - In this July 17, 2017 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters use their video camera through a hole as they film a street controlled by Islamic State militants, on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria. A year after it was routed from Iraq following a three-year devastating war that left Iraqi cities in ruin, the Islamic State group is fighting to hang on to its last enclave in Syria, engaging in deadly battles with U.S.-backed forces in the country's east near the Iraqi border. less

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