Islamic State Returns to Guerrilla Tactics as It Loses Territory

NEWS ALERT: President Trump declares victory over the Islamic State  US-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State’s (IS) last territory in Syria Saturday, eliminating its rule over a self-proclaime.....»»

U.S.-backed forces have resumed their assault to capture Islamic State’s last patch of territory in eastern Syria, ending a truce that allowed for an evacuation before an intense final battle......»»

U.S. and Afghan special-operations troops pushed Islamic State fighters out of the district that the militants had aspired to make the capital of their local territory......»»

At least 10 people were killed in a powerful car bombing in the southern Philippines that officials linked to the Abu Sayyaf group, which tried to carve out a slice of territory in the south of the country last year......»»

Israel’s military killed seven suspected Islamic State-affiliated militants in territory it controls near the border with Syria, reflecting the risk of spillover as the Assad regime presses a military campaign to retake the country’s southwest......»»

Even as Islamic State has lost territory in Syria and Iraq, it reigns supreme in cyberspace, where its critical recruitment and marketing tool has helped it build a brutish brand using propaganda and sometimes false claims......»»

As U.S.-backed forces close in on Islamic State’s last territory in Syria, some militants are fleeing to Iraq, which has rushed to seal off the border to prevent infiltration, according to Iraqi military officials......»»

Militants hiding among civilians have slowed an advance......»»

Several hundred of the last civilians trapped by Islamic State in the militant group’s remaining sliver of territory left, which suggested the extremist group was near a surrender to U.S.-backed Kurdish forces......»»

The continued presence of thousands of civilians, including families of Islamic State fighters, is slowing a push by U.S.-backed forces to oust the extremist group from the last patch of territory it holds in Syria......»»

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Leaders of the IS terror c.....»»

U.S. equity markets slid back into negative territory Thursday afternoon following a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that said the central bank would be patient in taking action should inflation return......»»

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Stock-index futures hover on either side of unchanged a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average ends at an all-time high, with investors looking ahead to weekly data on applications for unemployment benefits......»»