Biden sees growing progress in battle against Islamic State
BALTIMORE - The US-led battle against Islamic State militants controlling parts of Iraq and Syria is gaining steam and will show more progress by year's end, Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
Biden touted the recent success of US efforts backing Iraqi troops against the Islamic State in Iraq as part of a broad defense of Obama administration foreign policy.
"I promise you, after Ramadi, watch what happens now in Raqqa in Syria and what happens in Mosul (Iraq), by end of this year," he told US House of Representatives Democrats, in Baltimore for a three-day retreat.
Iraqi forces, boosted by US training, have evicted insurgents from large parts of Ramadi, leading to speculation that they could have success elsewhere against the Islamic State.
