US-backed forces have captured the IS terror group's last stronghold in eastern Syria on Saturday.
"Baghouz has been liberated. The military victory against Daesh has been accomplished," Mustafa Bali, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman, wrote on Twitter.
He declared the "total elimination of (the) so-called caliphate".
It marks a major milestone in the fight against the IS terror group over more than four years.
But the group is still seen as a major global threat.
Trump vows no more attacks by Israel on Iran gas field
US President Donald Trump said an angry Israel "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the US-Israeli war, but ruled out further such attacks by Israel unless Iran retaliated further.
Israel reopens key Gaza crossing amid new truce push
Israel reopened the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Thursday after nearly three weeks to allow some wounded Palestinians to leave for treatment, after Gaza medics said Israeli strikes had killed four people in the enclave.
Oman condemns attacks on UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Oman has strongly condemned Iranian attacks targeting energy facilities in the UAE and Qatar, as well as strikes on Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia trust with Iran hard to 're-establish', foreign minister says
Saudi Arabia reserves the right to act militarily against Iran and any trust with Tehran has been shattered, the Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Fahran said early on Thursday, after Riyadh was targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation contains fire after drone hits refinery
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation says one of the operational units at the Mina Al Ahmadi refinery was hit on Thursday by a drone, resulting in a "limited" fire.
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