Ash Carter said operations to retake Mosul from ISIS were key to defeating terrorist group
Washington, United States:
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Sunday that operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the ISIS were key to defeating the terrorist group.
"This is a decisive moment in the campaign to deliver ISIL a lasting defeat," Carter said in a statement.
"We are confident our Iraqi partners will prevail against our common enemy and free Mosul and the rest of Iraq from ISIL's hatred and brutality."