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02-14-2018, 10:40 AM
KUWAIT CITY: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged allies Tuesday to stay focused on fighting the Islamic State group, saying Turkey?s military offensive in northern Syria had ?detracted? from the anti-jihadist battle.
Tillerson spoke at a ministerial meeting in Kuwait of the US-led military coalition that has been fighting IS in Iraq and Syria, being held in parallel with a conference on reconstruction in Iraq.The jihadist group has lost much of the territory it once controlled when it seized large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014.
?The end of major combat operations does not mean we have achieved the enduring defeat of ISIS,? Tillerson said, using another acronym for IS.?ISIS remains a serious threat to the stability of the region, our homelands and other parts of the globe,? he said.
Iraq declared victory over IS in December, but the extremist group still has a presence in Syria, where the US-led coalition has backed a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting the jihadists.And Iraqi government forces backed by a US-led coalition last week staged a major operation against ?IS remnants? in the northeast.
The US-backed campaign against IS in Syria has been complicated since Turkey-backed Arab militia last month began an offensive against Kurdish forces in the northwestern region of Afrin.
The Turkish operation ?has detracted from our fight to defeat Islamic State in eastern Syria?, Tillerson said of ongoing offensives by US-backed Kurdish militia to clear remaining pockets of extremists.?Forces have diverted from there to Afrin,? he said.The Kurdish People?s Protection Units (YPG) have been a key component of the US-backed alliance fighting IS, but Washington?s NATO ally Turkey says they are a ?terrorist? offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). ?We remain concerned over recent events in northwest Syria and call on all parties to remain focused on defeating ISIS,? Tillerson said.
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Tillerson spoke at a ministerial meeting in Kuwait of the US-led military coalition that has been fighting IS in Iraq and Syria, being held in parallel with a conference on reconstruction in Iraq.The jihadist group has lost much of the territory it once controlled when it seized large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq in 2014.
?The end of major combat operations does not mean we have achieved the enduring defeat of ISIS,? Tillerson said, using another acronym for IS.?ISIS remains a serious threat to the stability of the region, our homelands and other parts of the globe,? he said.
Iraq declared victory over IS in December, but the extremist group still has a presence in Syria, where the US-led coalition has backed a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting the jihadists.And Iraqi government forces backed by a US-led coalition last week staged a major operation against ?IS remnants? in the northeast.
The US-backed campaign against IS in Syria has been complicated since Turkey-backed Arab militia last month began an offensive against Kurdish forces in the northwestern region of Afrin.
The Turkish operation ?has detracted from our fight to defeat Islamic State in eastern Syria?, Tillerson said of ongoing offensives by US-backed Kurdish militia to clear remaining pockets of extremists.?Forces have diverted from there to Afrin,? he said.The Kurdish People?s Protection Units (YPG) have been a key component of the US-backed alliance fighting IS, but Washington?s NATO ally Turkey says they are a ?terrorist? offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK). ?We remain concerned over recent events in northwest Syria and call on all parties to remain focused on defeating ISIS,? Tillerson said.
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