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ISIS nearing its ‘end days’ in Syria

By Caitlin Yilek
Published December 17, 2018 3:56pm ET
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ISIS nearing its ‘end days’ in Syria
A Syrian Soldier rides his scooter as helps a woman to through a devastated part of the in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. The camp, once home to the largest concentration of Palestinians outside the territories housing nearly 160,000 people, has been gutted by years of war. | (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Islamic State is nearing its final days in its last enclave in eastern Syria, according to a U.S. official.

Spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition Col. Sean Ryan told the Associated Press that the fight against ISIS “is going very well” and that the terrorist group’s “end days” are getting closer.

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