IS group lost one percent of captured territory in Iraq: US

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PGqvVzu32RYZXYnCQ5Huvg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/05a5c9735945c835935f9865c7258d47e3a3c34a.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/group-lost-one-percent-captured-territory-iraq-us-000650163.html)Islamic State jihadists have lost only a tiny fraction of captured territory in Iraq after five months of US-led air strikes, the Pentagon said Friday. Kurdish peshmerga forces and Iraqi government troops have retaken 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) of ground mostly in **rthern Iraq, but the IS group still holds 55,000 square kilometers, spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters.




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