American President Barack Obama has said the US-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has forced the militant group on the defensive, cut the size of its territory and has liquidated its key leaders.
"Today, on the ground in Syria and in Iraq, ISIL is on the defensive. Our 66-member coalition, including Arab partners, is on the offensive. We have momentum, and we intend to keep that momentum (…)We continue to take out their leaders, their commanders and those plotting terrorist attacks. For ISIL’s leadership, it has been a bad few months," Euronews quotes the US chief of state as saying.
Obama added that the US and the world have to help Iraq to stabilize its cities that were controlled by the Islamic State jihadist group.