Iraqi forces today captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic State control, signalling the complete defeat of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate. <br/><br/>The capture of the town marks the end of Islamic State's era of territorial rule over a so-called caliphate that it proclaimed in 2014 across vast swathes of Iraq and Syria. <br/><br/>Lieutenant General Abdul Ameer Rasheed Yarallah said in a statement from the Joint Operations Command that Iraqi forces liberated Rawa entirely and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings. <br/><br/>Rawa borders Syria, whose army declared victory over the militants on the 9th of this month, after seizing the last substantial town on the border with Iraq. <br/><br/>He said, Iraqi forces will now focus on routing militants who fled into the desert and exert control over Iraq's borders.