WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- TheUnited Stateswould continue fighting the Islamic State (IS) until the radical group is defeated, President Donald Trump said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday. "
ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, rapidly captured large territories in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate in 2014. The group controlled more than 34,000 square miles of territory from the Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. The campaign to eradicate the Is...
The commander that oversees U.S. troops in the Middle East and Afghanistan added that the current military gains achieved by a U.S.-led coalition "can only be secured by maintaining a vigilant offensive against the now largely dispersed and disaggregated ISIS that retains leaders, fighters, fac...
His extremist militant group once captured large swathes of land in western and northern Iraq as well as parts of neighboring Syria, but has been defeated in both Iraq and Syria by an international coalition. In 2016, the U.S. State of Department offered a reward of up to 25 million U.S...
"We will remain vigilant against ISIS (IS) by aligning global counterterrorism efforts to fight ISIS until it is finally defeated wherever it operates," the president added. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced Saturday the defeat of the IS militant group in eastern Syria....
It added that the meeting will bring together the 79-member Global Coalition in Washington, D.C. "to move forward in unity and common purpose on our commitment to defeat ISIS." U.S. State Department said earlier on Monday that the meeting, the 10th of its kind since the coalition was ...
"We will remain vigilant against ISIS (IS) by aligning global counterterrorism efforts to fight ISIS until it is finally defeated wherever it operates," the president added. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced Saturday the defeat of the IS militant group in eastern Syria....
In December, Trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, citing that the local IS force has been largely defeated. Speaking of the U.S. talks with Afghan Taliban, Votel said they were in "very, very early" stages and that the Afghan government would have to...
In December, Trump abruptly announced his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, citing that the local IS force has been largely defeated. Speaking of the U.S. talks with Afghan Taliban, Votel said they were in "very, very early" stages and that the Afghan government would have to...