Baghdad - Over 7.5 million people have been liberated: US Presidential envoy to the global coalition
Published: Fri 17 Nov 2017, 12:15 PM
Updated: Fri 17 Nov 2017, 2:25 PM
Daesh has lost control of 95 per cent of the land it overran in Syria and Iraq in 2014, the US Presidential envoy to the global coalition fighting the terrorist group said.
"Daesh has lost 95 per cent of the territories it controlled in Iraq and Syria since the coalition was formed in 2014," Brett McGurk said in a declaration that followed a meeting of coalition members in Jordan on Wednesday.
"Over 7.5 million people have been liberated," McGurk went on.
The flow of foreign fighters in Syria "is almost at a standstill", he said.
"More and more fighters are being stopped at the frontier," McGurk added.
The envoy stressed the importance of accompanying military victories with political and diplomatic action and continuing support of projects to boost stability in areas of Iraq and Syria formerly held by Daesh.
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