Since the beginning of 2017, the Islamic State or IS that had been rampant during the past three years in the Middle East has been in the retreat on the battle field in both Iraq and Syria, and seems to have to entere...Since the beginning of 2017, the Islamic State or IS that had been rampant during the past three years in the Middle East has been in the retreat on the battle field in both Iraq and Syria, and seems to have to entered into a dead end, with its territory rapidly shrinking, financial resources gradually tightening and troops declining, under the forceful annihilation launched jointly by various parties concerned. In Iraq, after fierce fighting for months, the Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi formally announced on July 9th that "Mosul has been liberated", with the IS losing the last stronghold in Iraq. In Syria, the SDF, the Kurdish armed force supported by the United States, has opened fire on the IS, besieging Raqqa,展开更多
文摘Since the beginning of 2017, the Islamic State or IS that had been rampant during the past three years in the Middle East has been in the retreat on the battle field in both Iraq and Syria, and seems to have to entered into a dead end, with its territory rapidly shrinking, financial resources gradually tightening and troops declining, under the forceful annihilation launched jointly by various parties concerned. In Iraq, after fierce fighting for months, the Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi formally announced on July 9th that "Mosul has been liberated", with the IS losing the last stronghold in Iraq. In Syria, the SDF, the Kurdish armed force supported by the United States, has opened fire on the IS, besieging Raqqa,