WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria, President Donald Trump proudly announced Friday, though the U.S. was still launching airstrikes and sporadic fighting continued on the ground against the group’s holdouts. He held up maps indicating the territory once held by the IS group in Iraq and Syria had shrunk to nothing. The other, without red, indicates that IS as of today no longer controls territory in Syria. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking in Jerusalem, said Thursday the U.S.-led coalition had achieved “amazing” results in Syria. AP writers Philip Issa in Baghouz, Syria, Robert Burns, Zeke Miller and Kevin Freking in Washington and Matthew Lee in Jerusalem contributed.

Source: thestar March 22, 2019 16:55 UTC