Tag: IS bastion

US-backed forces poised for assault on last IS bastion in east...

NEAR AS-SUSAH: Fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces sing for courage as they ready for battle, this time for an assault on the...

Iraq forces retake IS bastion Hawija

  Iraqi forces retook one of the militant Islamic State (IS) group's last two enclaves in the country on Thursday, overrunning the longtime insurgent bastion...