WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016 — Moves made last year in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have proved effective and U.S. officials have capitalized on that success to accelerate the counter-ISIL campaign, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.
The decisions to base additional aircraft in Turkeyand field advisors have paid off, he said, through increased counter-ISIL indigenous force capabilities, improved intelligence on ISIL, regained territory…
