Paris Attacks: ISIS losing territory in Iraq and Syria
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, is losing territory after the American-led military operations in Iraq and Syria. Kerry’s comments came after his talks with French President Francois Hollande about last week’s terror attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people. “We agreed […]Suman Varandani writes for The International Business Times:
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, is losing territory after the American-led military operations in Iraq and Syria. Kerry’s comments came after his talks with French President Francois Hollande about last week’s terror attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.
“We agreed to exchange more information and I’m convinced that over the course of the next weeks, Daesh [ISIS] will feel greater pressure. They are feeling it today. They felt it yesterday. They felt it in the past weeks. We gained more territory. Daesh has less territory,” Kerry said, according to the Guardian.
