Trump in New Year's appeal to the Americans spoke about the victory over IG* in Syria

The Western coalition, led by the United States, conquered the Islamic State terrorist group* in Syria and Iraq almost all of the territory they captured, said American President Donald Trump during a weekly appeal to citizens of the country.

"We have achieved historical successes in the fight against IG*. At the moment, the coalition conquered almost 100% of the territories in Iraq and Syria, which were previously under the control of these terrorists," says Trump.

Earlier, the head of the White House stated that during the period of his presidency, the territory occupied by the Islamic State* in Syria and Iraq, decreased nine times, recalls RT . On his Twitter, the president cited statistics: “On January 20, when Trump’s inauguration passed, according to the calculations of 35 thousand IG militants, about 17.5 thousand square miles (about 45 thousand square kilometers) of territories in Syria and Iraq. As of December 21, according to the explorers of the US military, the remaining militants or so on the militants are controlled 1.9 thousand square miles (about 5 thousand square kilometers). "

RIA Novosti recalls that the United States and Russia are competing in assessing whose efforts to combat IG* were more effective. Earlier, in the United States, against the backdrop of statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the victory over terrorism in Syria, thanks to the joint actions of the Syrian army and Russian forces, they noted that the VKS carried out "only a small part of operations against IG*".

The Russian authorities criticized the statements of Western partners about the victory in Syria and called on Washington to stop "attributing other people's victories."