2023-02-02T17:08:01.000000 Z / The Islamic State group might have been territorially beat in Iraq and Syria years ago, but U.S.

forces continue to mop up the last vestiges of the fear network there.U.S.

Central Command revealed on Thursday that the U.S.-led union and partner forces had performed 43 objectives against ISIS in January under Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.Januarys operations resulted in 11 ISIS operatives killed and another 227 detained, CENTCOM said.In a statement accompanying journalism release, CENTCOM chief Gen.

Michael Erik Kurilla suggested the U.S.

and its local partners still have a great deal of work to do when it pertains to keeping ISIS from reconstituting itself.

While our efforts have actually deteriorated ISIS, the groups repellent ideology stays uncontained and unconstrained, Kurilla said.

ISIS continues to represent a risk to not only Iraq and Syria but to the stability and security of the area.

Therefore, we need to continue the battle versus ISIS alongside our partners.

None of the operations were performed solely with U.S.

forces (compared to 14 unilateral U.S.

operations executed in Syria in 2022), and Kurilla praised the U.S.

militarys regional partners in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi Security Forces for taking the lead in the continuous campaign.

We rely greatly on the Syrian Democratic Forces for the fight against ISIS, Kurilla said in a statement.

Meanwhile, our Iraqi Security Forces have actually been aggressively taking the fight to ISIS in Iraq.

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