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Iran's president declares end of Islamic State | Reuters

'They frame their engagement as an existential struggle against the Sunni Muslim fighters of Islamic State, who see Shi‘ites, the majority of Iran’s population, as apostates. '

'In his address on Tuesday, Rouhani accused the United States and Israel of supporting Islamic State. '

'Most of the forces battling Islamic State in Syria and Iraq have said they expect it to go underground and turn to a guerrilla insurgency using sleeper cells and bombings. '

'Iraqi forces captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town there under Islamic State control, on Friday, signaling the collapse of the so-called caliphate it proclaimed in 2014 across vast swathes of Iraqi and Syrian territory. '

'He pointed to the “decisive role” played by Hezbollah and the group’s leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and highlighted the thousands of Iraqi Shi‘ite volunteers, known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces, who have fought Islamic State in Iraq. '

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