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Anti-ISIS coalition convenes in Denmark to assess progress

Key members of the international coalition fighting the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) met in Copenhagen on Tuesday (May 9th) to assess the campaign's next steps as the group's "caliphate" collapses, AFP reported.

Though officials warn that military action in Iraq and Syria will continue for some time, they are generally upbeat about the progress and quickening momentum of the fight.

After months of brutal, street-by-street combat, ISIS has now lost control of most of its stronghold of Mosul in Iraq, while the terrorists have become largely isolated in their Syrian bastion of al-Raqa.

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis and his Danish counterpart Claus Hjort Frederiksen are among the senior leaders from 15 countries attending Tuesday's summit.

"We are going to look to the future, determine what more is needed, if anything," Mattis told reporters ahead of his arrival in Denmark.

Several coalition countries are keeping a nervous eye on the region as ISIS-held territory diminishes.

Thousands of foreign fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, and coalition nations -- particularly in Europe -- are bracing for a possible wave of battle-hardened extremists returning home.

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