(MENAFN) With Islamic State all but ejected from one if its former capitals and surrounded in others, members of a 72 nations coalition met in Washington this week to try to make sure the battlefield victories, once again, evaporate amid new sectarian strife.
Iraq"s prime minister declared victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, three years after the militants seized the city.
In neighboring Syria, U.S. backed forces have entered Raqqa and are battling Islamic State militants there.
The battlefield advances are a potentially fatal blow to Islamic State"s self proclaimed ""caliphate,"" but also bring fresh challenges and risks, according to Western diplomats and U.S. officials.
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