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Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ shrank 14 per cent in 2015 – military analyst

World Watch Monitor Islamic State’s self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’ – the area within Syria and Iraq that the group controls – shrunk by more than 12,000 square kilometres in 2015, says military analyst, Jane’s. The loss of 14 per cent of its territory reduces the caliphate to 78,000 square kilometres. Main losses are large swathes of Syria […]