“They were coming by the thousands and it’s down at least by 90 percent, and we are not finding ISIS fighters being able to leave Syria.”
The governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States welcome the recent announcement by the Libya National Army, or LNA, that it will investigate reports of unlawful killings in Benghazi.
ISIS has lost about 78 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq. Now, its false Syrian caliphate, Raqqa, is being liberated.
At the release of the State Department’s annual report on international religious freedom, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson decried the lack of religious liberty in many parts of the world.
Earlier this month the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons.
The United States is outraged “over the repeated acts of brutality, including torture, and extra-judicial executions conducted by the Syrian regime."
The campaign against ISIS has dramatically accelerated over the past six months.
Iran’s leaders “are persistent in their efforts to exert their influence across the Middle East, and it is our intent, working with our allies in the region to push back on Iran’s expansionist efforts to destabilize areas," said Secretary Tillerson.
The United States has recently contributed $20 million in lifesaving humanitarian aid to the Syria Recovery Trust Fund, or SRTF, to help fund the rehabilitation of Syria.
The fight against ISIS is a fight of civilization against barbarism. Nowhere was this more clearly demonstrated then in Sinjar.
As ISIS is defeated and the territory it once occupied is liberated, it is becoming abundantly clear that the effort to defeat this terrorist group will take much more than just removing its malign presence.
The Iranian people’s right to religious freedom continues to be violated.
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