Victory over Daesh in Syria by February: Macron

Macron predicts victory over Daesh in Syria by February French president confident extremist group will be crushed early in 2018 Image Credit: AP French President Emmanuel Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday predicted Daesh would be crushed in Syria by the end of February, after the extremists were routed in Iraq.

 

“We have just won the war in Iraq with the coalition,” Macron said in an interview with France 2 television. “And I think that by mid-February, we will have won the war in Syria.”

source: GULF NEWS