Defense officials see gains against ISIS

CNN: The Pentagon believes that the US-led anti-ISIS coalition has seized the offensive and made significant progress in taking back key territory from ISIS, US defense officials told CNN Monday.

Officials are pointing to the recent declaration that a coalition of US-backed Syrian fighters has been able to free the ISIS stronghold of Manbij, Syria. That comes as the US military now estimates some 45,000 ISIS personnel have been killed by the coalition since operations began in mid-2014, 25,000 since last September.

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