At the end of 2014, the Islamic State controlled one-third of Iraq and one-third of Syria – a land mass roughly equal to the area of Great Britain — where the extremist group ruled over upwards of nine million people. Less than two years later, the self-proclaimed caliphate has lost 22 percent of that territory, according to a report published this week by IHS Jane’s 360, a defense analysis think tank.
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