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December 9, 2017

Iraq declares victory in the war against ISIS on its soil. A few pockets, mostly desert, remain in eastern Syria, but ISIS has lost more than 95% of its territory. Of the 40,000 fighters who fought in 2014, only about 3,000 remain. Nearly 7,000 foreign militants have been killed and approximately 5,000 imprisoned, but several thousand fighters have vanished. Air strikes by the American coalition alone have totaled more than 30,000, to which must be added Russian and Syrian air strikes.