IG: Islamic State Has Lost Control of All Its Territory in Iraq and 99% of Its Territory in Syria
(CNSNews.com) - The Lead Inspector General for Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, said in his latest report [1], released Nov. 5, that the Islamic State had lost all of the territory it had once held in Iraq and 99 percent of the territory it once held in Syria.
“With regard to OIR, ISIS has lost control of all of the territory it once controlled in Iraq and remains in control only of an estimated one percent of territory it once held in Syria,†said the report [1].
The IG report, however, did not claim that the OIR military operation had killed all members of the Islamic State in the region or eliminate sympathy for its cause.
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