{"id":21422,"date":"2018-07-24T17:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/24\/defeat-of-isis-in-syria-just-2-3-months-away-commander-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:26:20","slug":"defeat-of-isis-in-syria-just-2-3-months-away-commander-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/24\/defeat-of-isis-in-syria-just-2-3-months-away-commander-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Defeat of ISIS in Syria just 2 to 3 months away, commander says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/12\/peace-in-afghanistan-more-elusive-as-taliban-shrug-off-talks\/\"> Islamic State\u2019s<\/a> once-grand and terrorizing hold of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/19\/votel-no-syria-direction-yet-from-russia-summit\/\">Syria <\/a>is down to just a small patch of land about 20 miles by six miles along the Euphrates River and is expected to fall within just a few months, a top French commander involved in operations there said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe hope that the last combat will go quickly,\u201d said French Brig. 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Parisot said there are a few hundred fighters remaining in Syria that the coalition is still fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe still are in the fight, for at least two to three months, and then obviously there will be more decisions,\u201d Parisot said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining ISIS fighters are located on a strip of land between the Syrian cities of Abu Kamal along the Iraqi border and Hajin, on the Euphrates River.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/19\/votel-no-syria-direction-yet-from-russia-summit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20180702_FLP_DN03.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Votel: No Syria direction yet from Russia summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Days after the Trump-Putin summit, the Pentagon is still in the dark.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We \u201cexpect to have a tough fight in the last place that ISIS is. But the good thing is they are trapped,\u201d Parisot said. \u201cThe Iraqis are doing a very good job to ensure they cannot leave on the east side of the area and we hope that the regime and the Russians will do the same on the southern side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if the threat from ISIS is falling off, risk of escalation is increasing between the Iranian and Russian forces supporting Syrian president Bashar Assad, U.S.-backed rebels and Israel that could spill into a larger fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel, which shares a small part of its border with Syria, has demanded that all Iranian forces in Syria depart and rejected a Russian offer to guarantee Iranian forces would come no closer than 60 miles from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/14\/more-than-2500-us-troops-wrapping-up-juniper-cobra-in-israel\/\">Israeli<\/a> border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Israel announced it had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDFSpokesperson\/status\/1021718407291576320\">shot down a Syrian fighter jet <\/a>that had crossed into its airspace. 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