OIR Commander Describes Counter-ISIL Campaign’s Successes
By Amaani Lyle DoD News, Defense Media Activity
Iraqi soldiers attending the Iraqi Noncommissioned Officer Academy climb over a berm during live-fire maneuver training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 10, 2016. This training is critical to enabling Iraqi security forces to help defeat ISIL and regain territory from the terrorist group. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen
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Iraqi soldiers attending the Iraqi Noncommissioned Officer Academy climb over a berm during live-fire maneuver training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 10, 2016. This training is critical to enabling Iraqi security forces to help defeat ISIL and regain territory from the terrorist group. Army photo by Spc. Craig
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2016 — In teleconference remarks from Baghdad today the commander of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve reported progress and success in the U.S.-coalition forces’ campaign to bring lasting defeat to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend described a decidedly different situation in Iraq and Syria today since the U.S.-led counter-ISIL campaign began in 2014. What started with helping the international coalition halt ISIL’s offensive, he said, has evolved into helping Iraq’s government and U.S. partners in Iraq and Syria defend territory, and then reorganize their forces and mount a counterattack.
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