IS will be defeated next week: Trump

Washington: The Islamic State will be “100 per cent” defeated in Iraq and Syria by next week, US President Donald Trump claimed as he boasted his administration’s new approach for directly confronting the terror outfit's “wicked” ideology. The ISIS currently holds only about 1 per cent of land in Iraq and Syria, the global coalition to counter ISIS announced late last year. However, the caliphate continues to hold territory in Afghanistan, Libya, the Sinai and West Africa. “The ISIS has been decimated,” Trump had said.