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ISIS leader al-Baghdadi appears in first video since declaring caliphate in 2014

The elusive chief of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released by the jihadist organization

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ISIS’s ‘caliphate’ was crushed. Now Syria’s Kurd-led alliance faces bigger battles

Reporting from Syria in the dying days of the ISIS caliphate, Jared Szuba talks to Kurds and Arabs about the fight for their shared future

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Challenges after the elimination of ISIS

Although defeated on the battlefield, ISIS will continue to be a threat to stability in northern Syria, SDF commander Mazlum Kobane writes

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SDF declares ‘total’ victory over ISIS in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces has declared victory over Islamic State in Syria, effectively ending the group's control of territory

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Last days of the caliphate: Mutlu Civiroglu on Islamic State’s final stand in Syria

Mutlu Civiroglu detailed his experience with the SDF in the last days of ISIS's self-declared caliphate in Syria

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SDF searching Baghuz for hidden ISIS fighters as fall of ‘caliphate’ nears

The SDF combed the banks of the Euphrates in Syria for the last ISIS fighters, preventing the announcement of the demise of the "caliphate"

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SDF resumes offensive on final ISIS territory in eastern Syria

The SDF pounded the last scrap of land held by ISIS, a scattering of tents and destroyed buildings near the Syrian town of Baghuz

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SDF prepares to resume civilian evacuations from last ISIS redoubt in Syria

The SDF prepared to evacuate more civilians from Baghuz, the last ISIS stronghold in Syria, after evacuating almost 3,000 people including hundreds of fighters over the past 48 hours

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Women and children from last ISIS pocket in Syria evacuated

A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from ISIS's last Syria territory, bringing the SDF closer to retaking the last of the "caliphate"

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SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”

The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent

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