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Trump Cabinet Briefing on Daesh Shows 'Renewed Focus' on Wiping Out Terror Group

© REUTERS / Azad LashkariA US soldier looks at weapons and ammunition belonging to Daesh terrorists in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, December 14, 2016
A US soldier looks at weapons and ammunition belonging to Daesh terrorists in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, December 14, 2016 - Sputnik International
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A classified briefing led by US President Donald Trump's cabinet officials demonstrates the administration's revitalized commitment to destroy Daesh terrorist group, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker said in a press release.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The briefing was conducted behind closed doors on Wednesday by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford.

"There is a lot more clarity and a lot more focus on partnering with other countries to completely annihilate ISIS [Daesh]," the release stated after the briefing. "There is a renewed energy and a renewed focus, and I think every senator present today knows this administration is not playing around."

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Corker emphasized the Trump administration aims to do everything possible to stop members of Daesh group from getting away to other countries.

The US-led coalition of more than 70 members is currently conducting airstrikes, ground-based and rocket-propelled artillery fire against daesh in Syria and Iraq. The strikes in Iraq are conducted in support of the Iraqi government, but those in Syria are not authorized by the UN Security Council or the government of President Bashar Assad.

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