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Isis encircled in remaining stronghold
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
SYRIAN and Iraqi forces surrounded and attacked the last major Isis stronghold of Abu Kamal yesterday in a cross-border offensive.
Syrian government troops, allied militia fighters and the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) were battling their way into the town on the south-eastern border.
Hezbollah sources said the joint force advanced from al-Qaim to the south, just across the border in Iraq.
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