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    Analysis: The End Of The 'Caliphate' Doesn't Mean The End Of ISIS

    White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced Friday that ISIS' territorial caliphate has been eliminated in Syria. Even so, its threats remain.
    by Mark Katkov Mar 22, 2019 4 minutes
    U.S.-backed fighters stand guard on a building during shelling of the Islamic State's last holdout in the town of Baghouz, Syria, on March 3.

    On Friday, en route to Florida aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced that ISIS' "territorial caliphate has been eliminated in Syria."

    Sanders showed reporters a before-and-after map of Syria, indicating that ISIS no longer controlled any territory.

    She said acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan was on board Air Force One and briefed President Trump on the way.

    The final battle between ISIS forces and the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition centered on the small Syrian town of Baghouz. The capture of the town was slowed out of concern for thousands of civilian hostages.

    At one time,

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