April 14, 2018

Pentagon Officials Describe Syria Strikes, Hope Assad Gets Message

WASHINGTON — U.S., British and French service members launched attacks that severely degraded the Syrian chemical arsenal and sent a message to Syrian leader Bashir Assad to stop using chemical weapons against his people.

April 5, 2018

ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Defeat is Near, Top Pentagon Officials Say

WASHINGTON — The defeat of the “caliphate” that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed in Syria is near, top Defense Department officials said at the Pentagon.

March 15, 2018

Defense Official Says Russia ‘Complicit’ in Syrian Deaths

WASHINGTON — Russia has not lived up to its promises on Syria and bears responsibility for massive casualties of innocent civilians in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.

Jan. 11, 2018

Pentagon Officials Say Coalition Aims to Defeat ISIS’ Brand

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials said the physical caliphate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is in pieces and operations against ISIS continue in the Euphrates River valley, but the ISIS “brand” remains to be defeated.

Jan. 11, 2018

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Phone Call with Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Gerasimov

Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., spoke with Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov by telephone yesterday. The conversation focused on issues of mutual interest, to include the situation in Syria.

Jan. 8, 2018

Pentagon Spokesman Details Progress in Defeating ISIS

WASHINGTON — Coalition and partnered forces are building on progress in Iraq and Syria to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the director of press operations at the Pentagon told reporters.

Dec. 29, 2017

Mattis Says Operations Against ISIS Will Change in 2018

WASHINGTON — The destruction of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s physical caliphate will change the way the coalition will go after the terror group, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon.

Dec. 11, 2017

Iraqi, Syrian Democratic Forces Destroy ISIS’ ‘Caliphate’

WASHINGTON — While Iraqi security forces and Syrian Democratic Forces have destroyed the idea of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ‘Caliphate,’ much work remains to be done against the terror group, a Pentagon spokesman said.

Oct. 20, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces Liberate Raqqa

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported that the Syrian city of Raqqa has been liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the coalition’s Syrian Democratic Forces partners announced.

Oct. 19, 2017

Raqqa Close to Liberation as ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Crumbles

WASHINGTON — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's so-called caliphate in the Middle East is on its last legs, and indigenous troops aided by coalition capabilities are taking the battle to the terror group worldwide, the chief Pentagon spokesperson told reporters.