War against IS in Syria will be won by February: France's Macron

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2017
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday predicted the Islamic State group would be crushed in Syria by the end of February, after the jihadists 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."