US says war against is to be intensified in Syria, Iraq

US says war against is to be intensified in Syria, Iraq

The United States has categorically declared that it will intensify the war against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Elissa Slotkin said that Washington will accelerate its operations especially in IS stronghold of Raqa in Syria.

She said the coalition-backed forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces are now numbered about fifty thousand.