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Saturday, 17 April, 2021 - 11:00 US soldiers patrol Syrian oil fields in February. (Getty Images) Washington - Muath Alamri CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth ‘Frank’ MacKenzie expected the Middle East to continue to witness bloodshed and violence, despite the defenses and military forces deployed along the borders. MacKenzie further that he fears there’s going to be something that follows ISIS, noting that the conditions that gave it birth still exist. The commander expressed this pessimistic view during an interview with The New Yorker magazine, while he was touring Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. McKenzie said the presence of US troops in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Lebanon was down to just two percent of peak deployments, and, technically, these troops are no longer fighting. ....
Canadian special forces supported major Iraqi military assault on ISIL last month - Canada News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
12 Apr 2021 Kurdish Gen. Sirwan Barzani warned in an April 6 interview updated Monday that the Islamic State is “coming back with a vengeance” in Iraq, and while ISIS is currently focused on guerrilla fighting and terrorist attacks on civilians, it aspires to “make a powerful comeback” and once again control territory as a caliphate. “There’s still sectarian rivalry and the extremist ISIS ideology is still there. Even when ISIS was defeated by military force, they weren’t all killed. Many of them trimmed their beards and became civilians waiting for the opportunity to join ISIS,” Barzani told Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya. ....
Canadian special forces supported major Iraqi military assault on ISIL last month kamloopsthisweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kamloopsthisweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The two-week offensive code-named Operation Ready Lion took place in a mountain range in northern Iraq and involved using Iraqi and coalition air strikes to flush fighters from their tunnel complexes and bunkers ....