What news from the Daesh front?

In 2016 it has been two years since Daesh (a term now increasingly used in order not to confer governmental or religious legitimacy to the group commonly referred to as ISIL/ISIS) declared its caliphate in Syria and Iraq, and the international campaign against it had lasted nearly as long.

But what progress has been made in the war against the organisation?

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on the EU regional strategy for Syria and Iraq as well as the Da'esh threat http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-the-eu-regional-strategy-for-syria-and-iraq-as-well-as-the-daesh-threat/

ESO: Background information: Defeating DAESH Isn't Enough to Stop Terrorism http://www.europeansources.info/record/defeating-daesh-isnt-enough-to-stop-terrorism/

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