IS ranks pared to lowest level since 2014
WASHINGTON: The Islamic State group’s ranks have been pared back by international and local military action in Iraq and Syria to their lowest level since Washington began said Tuesday.
The comments from deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken came one day before President Barack Obama was due to convene his national security team at CIA headquarters to take stock of the
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