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Washington: The Islamic State group remains a threat in Syria and Iraq, and in some areas has even gained power despite the elimination of their “caliphate”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.
“There are places where IS is more powerful today than they were three or four years ago,” Pompeo said on CBS’s ‘This Morning’ show. “But the caliphate is gone in their capacity to conduct external attacks, it’s been made much more difficult,” he said. “We’ve taken down significant risk. Not all of it, but a significant amount. We’re very pleased with the work that we’ve done.”
President Donald Trump declared early this year that US-led forces in Syria and Iraq had achieved “100 percent victory” over the Islamic extremist group after a campaign to eliminate their redoubt in the Euphrates river valley in Syria. But many fighters are believed to have melded into the population, and the group maintains small strong holds in remote locations in Iraq. (AFP)
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