On January 15, President
Obama convened his National Security Council to discuss the
intensification of our campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL. The
President was briefed on recent progress by Iraqi
security forces in taking back Ramadi, and on ways we and our partners
in the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL continue to accelerate and
integrate the military campaign on all possible fronts in Iraq and
Syria.
The
President directed his national security team to continue to intensify
ongoing efforts to degrade and destroy ISIL, including by working with
our partners to increase our military cooperation,
disrupting foreign fighter networks, halting ISIL expansion outside of
Syria and Iraq, countering ISIL financing, disrupting any ISIL external
plotting efforts, and countering ISIL's propaganda and messaging. The
President emphasized that degrading and destroying
ISIL will continue to require coordination and cooperation among a wide
range of global partners, and the United States is strongly committed
to continuing to lead the shared efforts of the Global Coalition to
Counter ISIL.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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