President Donald Trump has said he expects to be able to announce next week that the US and coalition partners have reclaimed 100% of the Islamic State caliphate. President Donald Trump has said he expects to be able to announce next week that the US and coalition partners have reclaimed 100% of the Islamic State caliphate. Donald Trump says he is close to announcing recapture of all Islamic State landMr Trump said on Wednesday that the US military will be giving him official notice very soon that 100% of the territory once held by the IS group has been retaken in Iraq and Syria. While the withdrawal would fulfil a Trump goal, top military officials have pushed back for months, arguing IS remains a threat and could regroup. A United Nations report circulated on Wednesday said Islamic State extremists “continue to pose the main and best-resourced international terrorist threat”.

Source: Irish Independent February 06, 2019 21:04 UTC