Fresh losses in Syria and Iraq push IS 'caliphate' to the brink

BEIRUT/ERBIL (Reuters) - Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate was all but reduced on Friday to a pair of border towns at the Iraq-Syria frontier, where thousands of fighters were believed to be holding out after losing nearly all other territory in both countries.

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