ISIS caliphate in Syria eliminated, White House says

By Melissa Quinn

Published March 22, 2019 4:46pm ET

ISIS caliphate in Syria eliminated, White House says — In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves. | (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The Islamic State’s caliphate in Syria has been 100 percent destroyed, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday.

Sanders informed reporters traveling aboard Air Force One to West Palm Beach, Fla., of the news and said the Department of Defense “made the call” regarding the caliphate.

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