Cleaning fire

The Iraqi forces, with the support of the head of the United States, the international coalition freed almost the entire territory of Iraq from the militants of the Islamic State. This was reported by the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CentCom).

After the capture of the city of El-Kaym, the coalition forces restored control of the neighboring border transition to Syria, which had previously been in the hands of IG. According to the coalition, about 1.5 thousand terrorists remain in the vicinity of El-Kaim.

"The liberation of El -Kaym and the key border crossing with Syria became an important milestone in the ongoing campaign against the IG, -Irakomed in CentCom." The Iraqis, with the support of the coalition, now liberated almost the entire territory that once belonged to Iraka. "

“The threat is persisted, it has yet to be done, but we will continue to stand shoulder to the shoulder with the Iraqi government and the country's armed forces to ensure the final victory over IG,” said Major General Robert White, commander of the Ground Coalition Forces.

On Friday, the Syrian government troops completely liberated the city of Deir ez-Zor from the IS near the Syrian-Iraqi borders. The militants held most of the city under their control since 2014. The offensive on Deir ez-Zor also led the Syrian democratic forces of the SDF, the Arab-Kurdish alliance, supported by the United States. In September, SDF began surgery against IG in the province of the same name.

On October 17, Syrian democratic forces took full control of Rakku , the "capital" of the Islamic State. “It all ended in Racca, our forces took full control of the city,” said SDF representative Talal Sello, “the military operation in Racca is completed, but now we have to clean the city of“ sleeping cells ”of the militants and mine it.”

On November 6, 2016, Syrian democratic forces launched an attack on Racca . It was coordinated a few days later as the operation of the liberation of Mosul, the largest city in the neighboring Iraq, was deployed, which was controlled by the Islamists. The beginning of the offensive forced the IG to fight simultaneously on two fronts. In early July, after more than eight -month -old fighting, Mosul was released .