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The U.S.-led coalition is making significant progress in the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, despite facing a long road ahead, the Joint Staff’s senior official who oversees the U.S. military’s daily global operations told Pentagon reporters.

Focusing on the Operation #InherentResolve mission in Iraq and Syria, Navy Rear Adm. Andrew L. Lewis, the vice director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the coalition of more than 60 nations has degraded the enemy’s ability to move freely on the battlefield while regaining significant amounts of territory and degrading ISIL’s leadership and resources.
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In Syria, the coalition aided the recapture of Shaddadi and nearly 3,800 square miles of territory from ISIL control in the Iraq-neighboring nation, Lewis said.

“[The coalition also] continues to target senior ISIL leadership and our successes are degrading their ability to govern and control their forces and territory,” he said.

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Southwest Asia - The U.S.-led coalition is making significant progress in the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, despite facing a long road ahead, the Joint Staff’s senior official who oversees the U.S. military’s daily global operations told Pentagon reporters. Focusing on the Operation #InherentResolve mission in Iraq and Syria, Navy Rear Adm. Andrew L. Lewis, the vice director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the coalition of more than 60 nations has degraded the enemy’s ability to move freely on the battlefield while regaining significant amounts of territory and degrading ISIL’s leadership and resources. … In Syria, the coalition aided the recapture of Shaddadi and nearly 3,800 square miles of territory from ISIL control in the Iraq-neighboring nation, Lewis said. “[The coalition also] continues to target senior ISIL leadership and our successes are degrading their ability to govern and control their forces and territory,” he said.

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