Isil facing endgame after fall of last city in its caliphate

Islamic State is facing its endgame after Syrian troops retook its last-remaining city and Iraqi forces closed in on its final pocket of territory along the border.  The loss prompted Britain to announce it would soon begin withdrawing its jets from the coalition air effort against Isil, drawing down a three-year offensive against the terror group as its "caliphate" crumbles. The simultaneous assaults on Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria and Al-Qaim in western Iraq leave Abu Kamal, on the Syrian