The ISIS has today in Iraq and Syria of 12,000 to 15,000 fighters

The Islamic State still has today of 12,000 to 15,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to…
with the commander of the forces of the western coalition, led by the united states, lieutenant-general Stephen Townsend.
“The best assessment the intelligence services can give you today is that the cdc has 12,000 to 15,000 jihadists in Iraq and Syria”, stressed today the Townsend, at a Press conference at the American Pentagon by video from Baghdad.
In 2015 and 2016, the assessment of the American Pentagon for the number of fighters τζιχαντιστικής organisation amounted to 20,000 to 30,000.
In accordance with the American commander of the western coalition, the jihadists have suffered serious blows.
“Almost all the members of the escort of Abu Bakr al Μπαγκντάντι” have been killed in the last six to nine months “in targeted air strikes,” he added.
But despite the setbacks that have been, the fighters of the CF continue to constitute a dangerous enemy.
“I do not expect a sudden collapse of the moral CAPACITY”, in Mosul, the city in northern Iraq, in which up to 2,000 jihadists.
“Some of these fighters are going to escape” in front of the advance of the iraqi forces. “But the rest of us will continue to obey orders or fight to the death”, pointed out by Townsend.