Islamic State 'decimated' and down to last mile of territory, says US Vice President Mike Pence | Sky

A commander with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they were fighting IS militants in one small part of the eastern Syrian village of Baghuz in Deir el-Zour province, near the Iraqi border.

In 2014, the Islamic State "death cult" controlled nearly one-third of Iraq and Syria.