The Pentagon on Wednesday declared that the first phase of military operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is over and the second phase is underway.
“Our enemy has been weakened, and we are now working to fracture,” said Col. Steve Warren, the spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS. “Phase one of the military campaign is complete, and we are now in phase two, which is to dismantle this enemy.
“We believe that by degrading them in phase one and then dismantling them in phase two, we believe that that will set us up for phase three, which, of course, is the ultimate defeat of this enemy,” he added.
Phase one focused on stopping ISIS from advancing and eliminating the group’s ability to operate as a conventional force, Warren said.
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