Iraqi forces have recaptured several military bases and villages from the Islamic State as they launched a push to wipe out remnants of the terror group in the country. The start of the offensive that the US-led coalition fighting IS has dubbed as the last big fight of the campaign came even as Iraqi troops launched a new operation against the Kurds. <br/><br/>Regional operations commander General Qassem al-Mohammedi told a news agency that government forces were advancing on four fronts – from the east, southeast, north and south. Military sources said, by early afternoon they had taken several military bases southeast of Al-Qaim, including the key army base of the region and an airbase which the fleeing militants had abandoned. The forces also retook from IS half a dozen villages in the area.<br/>'<br/>Iraqi forces have recaptured more than 90 percent of the territory IS seized in the country in 2014. The terrorists are now confined to a small stretch of the Euphrates valley linked to territory in Syria where they are also battling to survive.