Alwaght- The ISIS terrorist group is literally losing ground in areas it previously occupied amid intensive Russian airstrikes in Syria and ongoing onslaught against the Takfiri group in Iraq.
According to a study by IHS Jane's Defense Weekly, ISIS has lost control over more than 13,000 square kilometers of the territory it controlled in Iraq and Syria since January, a net loss of 14 percent. The study published on Tuesday indicates that the main areas that are no longer under the control of the terrorists include a vast region along the Syrian-Turkish border as well as the two major cities of Tikrit and Baiji in northern Iraq.
The defeats in northeastern Syria in June included the city of Tal Abyad and its border crossing, which ISIS lost to the Kurdish and Arab fighters. The defeat effectively cut a main supply line of ISIS from Turkey to its de facto capital of Raqqa.
Reports say the Takfiri terrorists are in full-on retreat in both northern Iraq and Syria as due to the intensified action by the Iraqi army and Syrian armed forces assisted by Russian airstrikes and Hezbollah resistance fighters.
A new map of ISIS' shrinking territory also shows how the Iraqi army has rallied to recapture huge swathes of ground to the south of Mosul - the biggest city occupied by the twisted death cult.
The report came as the Iraqi army today launched a major offensive on the city of Ramadi, with military officials claiming troops have recaptured large areas of the city center from ISIS terrorists.
Iraqi officials on December 20 said they have managed to push back ISIS from more than half of the areas they were controlling 18 months ago.
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