U.S. Efforts to Deal Islamic State “Enduring Defeat” on Hold

Hopes of delivering the Islamic State a lasting defeat in Iraq and Syria have, for now, fallen by the wayside, according to officials with the U.S.-led coalition, despite a ramped-up crackdown on the terror group’s network of cells and facilitators.

“It’s more about keeping down ISIS,” an official with the U.S.-led coalition told VOA, using an acronym for the terror group. “Pressuring ISIS to capture/kill terrorist fighters, destroy hideouts and disrupt smuggling networks.”

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