The U.S. Department of Defense says no fewer than 2,000 fighters of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will die in the Syrian city of Raqqa in the ongoing efforts to liberate the city.
Brett McGurk Special Envoy to President Donald Trump for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, said on Friday, according to Pentagon.
McGurk said “we estimate there are about 2,000 ISIS fighters left in Raqqa, and they will most likely die in Raqqa,” he said.
The presidential envoy said that the mission against ISIS was “a campaign of annihilation”.
“We make sure that before we do a military operation, we actually surround the enemy so that foreign fighters in particular cannot escape.
“Every foreign fighter that made his way into Syria and Iraq, we want to make sure that they can never…
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