New Isis Spokesman

The ISIS terrorist group, on the defensive in Iraq and Syria where it declared a "caliphate" two years ago, on Monday presented a new spokesman who urged its fighters not to flee.

US-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

The United States has carried out 70 to 80 air strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan in the three months since US forces were given broader authority to target the militants, a US military spokesman said on Thursday.

The ISIS terrorist group, on the defensive in Iraq and Syria where it declared a "caliphate" two years ago, on Monday presented a new spokesman who urged its fighters not to flee.

US-backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border, a spokesman for the fighters said on Monday.

The United States has carried out 70 to 80 air strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan in the three months since US forces were given broader authority to target the militants, a US military spokesman said on Thursday.