Outgoing US Commander in Iraq: ISIS Collapsing on 'All Fronts'
Military.com | Aug 10, 2016 | by Richard Sisk
The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria said Wednesday that "the enemy is in retreat on all fronts" as local forces backed by U.S. and coalition airpower press offensives.
"You don't hear the world 'stalemate' anymore" to describe the anti-ISIS campaign, Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, said in a briefing from his Baghdad headquarters to the Pentagon.
After nearly a year as CJTF-OIR commander, MacFarland said he will be turning over the post in about 10 days to Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
