U.S.-backed forces in Syria were locked in fierce fighting as they pressed the battle against the last enclave held by the extremist group Islamic State (IS) near the Iraqi border.
RFE/RL: Heavy clashes reported in ‘final battle’ against IS in Syria
A picture taken on Feb. 9, 2019, near Al-Qaim, a few kilometres away from the last scrap of territory held by IS in eastern Syria, shows wheeled 155 mm gun-howitzer CAESAR system (trucks equipped with an artillery system) used by French soldiers engaged in the "Operation Chammal", the French military operation within "Operation Inherent Resolve", the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group.
