Washington DC, Feb. 16 -- : A top US general in the Middle East on Friday disagreed with President Donald Trump's last December decision of withdrawing around 2,000 troops, warning that the Islamic State (IS) was "far from defeated", contradicting the President's opinion that the terror outfit was "fully defeated."
General Joseph Votel, who has been leading the campaign against IS, said that the US-backed military forces in Syria were not ready to handle the looming threat of IS on their own.
"It would not have been my military advice at that particular time ... I would not have made that suggestion, frankly. (The caliphate) still has leaders, still has fighters, it still has facilitators, it still has resources, so our continued military...