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War with other means
A complete victory over the "Islamic state" has not yet been achieved and the struggle against this group in Syria and Iraq is still ongoing. This was stated by the head of the Pentagon James Mattis, the press service of the US Department of Defense reports .
“I think there are still problems, the fight against them is not finished, do not believe when someone says that IS is completely defeated. We continue to fight them, they are sitting down, they cannot resist our alliance,” Mattis said. The head of the Pentagon noted that the Syrian Government Army with Russian support continues the attack on IS.
At the same time, Mattis called the incident between Russian and American aircraft dangerous on Wednesday over Syria. “Right now I can’t tell you if it was an inept piloting, a careless pilot or people who tried to do unreasonably,” the head of the Pentagon said. Mattis emphasized that the communication channel between Russia and the United States to prevent dangerous situations "is still open, it has never been closed, it works." "I am not waiting for impeccability, but I also do not expect dangerous maneuvers. So we will deal with this," the minister said.
Meanwhile, the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria said that American instructors are creating refugees in the El Hasek Province of the New Syrian Army, which includes militants from defeated terrorist groups.
"Under the guidance of American instructors of special operations forces from disparate groups of militants in the training center near the refugee camp, new armed formations are created, called the" New Syrian Army. "American instructors, according to refugees who returned to their homes, announced that after the training course, the formation created will be thrown south of Syrian government forces," - The message says.
“To date, in the area of the refugee camp, about 750 militants who arrived from Rakka, Deir ez-Zor, Abu Kemal and the eastern territories of the Euphrates are already concentrated. The main backbone of the groups is more than 400 ISIS terrorists, who, with the support of the United States, freely left the Rakka in October,” the center said in the center according to the center reconciliation.
On December 6, the Russian military announced the complete defeat of the IS in Syria. "All ISIS gangs are destroyed in Syria, and the territory itself has been liberated," said the head of the General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov. On Monday, Vladimir Putin flew to the Khmeimim air base in Syria and ordered the withdrawal of the "significant part" of Russian troops from the country.
"Over two and a few years, the Russian armed forces, together with the Syrian army, defeated the most combat -ready grouping of international terrorists. In this regard, I decided: a significant part of the Russian military contingent, located in the Syrian Arab Republic, is returning home to Russia," the Russian president said.
On Tuesday, the victory over IRAK and Syria said US President Donald Trump. At the same time, he noted that the group spreads its influence in other regions.