The US-led coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) says 98% of territory once claimed by the jihadist group across Iraq and Syria has been recaptured. Iraq's government announced in December 2017 that its war against IS was over, almost four years after the group first seized parts of the country. That month also saw Russia's President Vladimir Putin announce a partial withdrawal of Russian
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