Islamic State faces territorial defeat as U.S.-backed Syrian forces attack its final, besieged enclave near the Iraqi border. This timeline chronicles the lightning rise, cruel reign and gradual fall of Islamic State.
Reuters: The rise and fall of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Men and boys suspected of being Islamic State (IS) group fighters wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the IS last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on March 1, 2019.
