Pentagon: Daash lost 30% of the land in Iraq and the war against it will be long
4/14/15
BAGHDAD / Sky Press: confirmed the US Department of Defense, "Pentagon", on Tuesday, that "Daash" terrorist lost about 30% of the territory, which is controlled by in Iraq, while likely to be a long war against him.
He said Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Steven Warren said in a statement followed the "Sky Press," that "the organization Daash no longer dominates the 25 to 30% of the populated areas in the Iraq force, where he was influential sole in these areas last August," he said, adding
"The areas that lost control Daash represent from 13 to 17 square kilometers, especially in northern and central Iraq."
He added that "the organization Daash declining slowly, but will be a long battle."
In Syria, the spokesman said that Daash "still maintains the overall influence, where they lost territory around Kobanî, but profit in the suburbs of Damascus and Homs, where the support of his points in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp security."
US President Barack Obama on the tenth of last September, said, he will permit for the first time launched air strikes in Syria launched more attacks in Iraq in an escalation of a broad campaign against al Daash terrorist within its strategic plan discussed by US Secretary of State John Kerry, with the leaders of Iraq, The day before, as enthusiasm for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande, in addition to about 38 other heads of state.
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