ISIS Terrorist Group Lost over 7,000 Fighter in Past Year

Vice Admiral David Johnston, Australia’s chief of joint operations, says that since ISIS spent most of his efforts trying to hold ground rather than new areas 7,000 of his elements have been killed in the last 12 month.

Australia’s Chief of Joint Operations, David Johnston, said that the ISIS has seen around 7,000 of its elements, including head commanders, killed over the last 12 months, Iraqi News Agency reports.

Johnston told reporters in Canberra: “ISIS was spending most of its effort trying to hold ground rather than take new areas. Around Ramadi, where Iraqi government offensive operations started in mid-July, ISIS no longer had the same freedom of manoeuvre.”
“What we are seeing is that instead of moving forward or going on the