Last ISIS Enclave In Syria Now Down To A Few Hundred Square Meters

Daily Mail: US-backed forces celebrate 'victory' as ISIS 'caliphate' is reduced to a few hundred square yards of bombed-out scrapyard: Tiny last stronghold is surrounded - as 'terrorists behind suicide attack that killed four Americans' are captured

* US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been seen celebrating 'victory' after seizing key ISIS encampment
* SDF say some hardened jihadists were using their children as human shields as they defended slither of land
* It comes as the SDF said it had arrested alleged terrorists over a suicide bomb that left four Americans dead in the Syrian town of Manbij in January

US-backed forces are celebrating 'victory' after they captured a key ISIS encampment and reduced the terror group's 'caliphate' to a few hundred square yards of bombed-out scrapyard in Syria.

Officials from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were seen singing and dancing and giving 'V for victory' signs as they returned from the frontline in Baghouz in the country's east.

The extremists had retreated in to a tiny parcel of land with some reportedly having used their own children as human shields.

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More News On The Battle To Capture The Last ISIS Enclave In Syria

Islamic State loses big part of enclave, SDF sees defeat 'very soon' -- Reuters
Troops celebrate as US-backed force seizes IS camp in Syria -- AP
Syria force makes gains in last IS redoubt -- AFP
Battle ongoing for Islamic state's last Syria enclave: SDF spokesman -- Reuters
US-backed Syrian fighters 'overrun IS encampment' -- BBC
ISIS Camp In Baghouz Is Captured, As U.S. Allies Declare Progress In Syria -- NPR
Last ISIS enclave a scene of ‘devastation:’ Fox News visits only remaining village ruled by terror group -- FOX News
Islamic State loses significant camp in final hold-out territory Baghouz -- DW
Doomed jihadists retreat within shrinking Syria bastion -- AFP
US-backed forces capture 'a group' of ISIS fighters tied to the suicide bombing in Syria that killed four Americans in January -- Daily Mail
US-backed fighters capture ISIS militants suspected of killing American troops -- The Hill
FIRST IMAGES of SDF forces in liberated ISIS camp near Baghouz, Syria -- RT

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