U.S.-backed Syrian force: Islamic State in 'its final moments'

A defeat of the jihadists in the enclave would wipe out Islamic State's territorial foothold on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said the SDF were making "great progress ... but the fight continues".The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a coalition of militias led by the Kurdish YPG, have driven Islamic State from a swathe of northern and eastern Syria with the help of the U.S.-led coalition over the last four years.