The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have declared a final military victory over Daesh terrorists, Sputnik reports.
"Baghouz has been liberated. The military victory against Daesh has been accomplished," Mustafa Bali, head of the SDF media office, wrote on Twitter. The SDF has been fighting to capture Baghouz, an enclave north of the Euphrates River near the Iraqi border, for weeks.
Earlier, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders declared that the entire territory of Syria has been "100 per cent eliminated" from Daesh* terrorists.
In turn, the Syrian envoy to the UN called the White House 's announcement of victory over Daesh a 'bluff'.
*Daesh (ISIS/IS/ISIL) is a terrorist group which has been banned by Russia
