Britain on @POTUS' Syria-ISIS decision: "The Global Coalition against Daesh has made huge progress" per UK spox "Important advances have been made in recent days in the last area of eastern Syria which Daesh has occupied." "But much remains to be done."

US administration official: We reject the comparison between Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria and Obama's decision to withdraw from Iraq

A roadside bomb exploded during a patrol of the YPG militia in Qamishli

SDF: US withdrawal from Syria is betrayal and stab in the back.

@VP is at the Pentagon this morning for a meeting with Secretary Mattis. Neither Pence, Mattis or @DepSecDef Shanahan would answer reporter questions about Syria.

UK's Gavin Williamson: I strongly disagree with Trump over ISIS elimination in Syria.

Social Media Image of Dagestani ISIS militants in the Hajin Pocket yesterday. Fighter on the left is notably young and carries a Steyr AUG with Dedal thermal scope, wearing a Gorka jacket too.

US: All American diplomats will leave Syria within 24 hours, all soldiers will leave within 60-100 days

Amaq reports about clashes Khurasan with Taliban in Nangarhar although they claimed that ISKP killed Taliban fighter. Second ISKP claim regards assassination of NDS operative in Kabul

All US state department personnel are being evacuated from Syria within 24 hours: US official to Reuters

WH press Sec: we have started returning US troops home as we transition to the next phase of the campaign

The White House: Victory over the organization of ISIS in Syria does not mean the end of the international coalition or its campaign

Deir-ez-Zur: French ground forces enter the city of the Hajin

IS claimed an attack in Raqqa

Coalition forces are bombing ISIS targets on Mount Qarachogh, in Makhmour

ISIS claims targeted assassination on an Afghan Army officer in Kabul. Local sources confirm IS killer was disguised in Afghan military uniform

Artillery shelling on Al Baghuz Faqani

Deir ez-Zur: Heavy explosion heard in Al Mayadin city from desert side

Several suspected ISIS fighters were killed in shootout with Russian security forces in Stavropol

Inherent Resolve:Between Dec. 9 and Dec. 15, CJTF-OIR conducted 208 strikes consisting of 378 engagements in Syria.

Islamic State kills 700 prisoners in east Syria: Syrian Observatory

Deir ez-Zur Eastern countryside: International coalition aircraft launched several air raids on the town of Al-Bagouz Fawqani, resulting in explosions that rocked the area.

4 civilians and a member of the SDF were injured when a motorcycle exploded in the north of Raqqa.

Somalia: ISIS claims targeted assassination of Somalian financial officer in Bakara market in the city of Mogadishu

[email protected] thanks Germany for opening doors for Ezidis who were displaced following the emergence of ISIS.

Amaq reports about IS ambush in Darnaj village SE Deir ez-Zur SDF meanwhile conducted the raid against IS cells in Suwaydan

Islamic State Claims Assassinating An Intelligence Officer In Kabul.

SOHR: After an infiltration kill 11 ISIS members, clashes concentrate again in the eastern suburbs of Hajin amid ground shelling and the flight of Coalition warplanes

German police raids Berlin mosque in terrorism probe