IS loss affirms Pentagon plan, but end game vague as US pulls out
A fighter with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)/ A fighter with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) (AFP Photo/Delil souleiman)/ Washington (AFP) - Now that the Islamic State group has officially lost its geographic "caliphate," the Pentagon is marking a historic moment in its years-long campaign to defeat the jihadists. From a military perspective at least, the United States can claim significant success in its strategy of working "by, with and through" local proxy forces, where a Kurdish militia in Syria and security ...
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