US Intelligence Official: Gains Against IS in Iraq, Syria Fragile
The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State has been able to decimate the terror group's self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria but these gains could be easily undercut by continued instability, a U.S. intelligence official warned Tuesday. “In the near term, I worry about a loss of gains in Syria and Iraq,” David Cattler, of […]Rikar Hussein writes for Voice of America:
The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State has been able to decimate the terror group's self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria but these gains could be easily undercut by continued instability, a U.S. intelligence official warned Tuesday.
“In the near term, I worry about a loss of gains in Syria and Iraq,” David Cattler, of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Tuesday at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
“There is still a lot of work that needs to be done there,” he said.
