{"id":21930,"date":"2018-08-24T01:36:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T01:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/24\/us-urges-enduring-defeat-of-isis-offers-force-if-necessary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:58:54","slug":"us-urges-enduring-defeat-of-isis-offers-force-if-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/24\/us-urges-enduring-defeat-of-isis-offers-force-if-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"US urges \u2018enduring defeat\u2019 of ISIS, offers force if necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged all countries on Thursday to ensure that the Islamic State extremist group faces \u201can enduring defeat\u201d and said the United States will deepen partnerships with countries fighting terrorism \u201cwhen force is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She told the Security Council that the militant group&#8217;s ideology has taken root in new corners of the world, demonstrating that it is &#8220;an enemy that adapts, and one that will seek out the world&#8217;s ungoverned spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haley urged countries to outsmart ISIS, which is also known as ISIL, deny its fighters and supporters \u201csafe haven,\u201d end conflicts in areas where the extremist group flourishes, and use sanctions \u201cto deny funding to terrorist groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The fight against terror will take different forms, but the outcome is certain,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The United States will continue to be a force in this effort against ISIS and al-Qaida until we defeat this threat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/14\/un-report-up-to-30000-islamic-state-members-in-iraq-syria\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635532150723826702-mideast-islamic-state-weigjpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq and its global network poses a rising threat \u2014 as does al-Qaida, which is much stronger in places, a United Nations report says.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undersecretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov said ISIS continues to pose a serious challenge, \u201cespecially due to its transformation into a covert network, the activities of its regional affiliates, and the complex threat posed by returning and relocating foreign terrorist fighters and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While ISIS has been defeated in Iraq and \u201cis in headlong retreat\u201d in Syria, Voronkov warned that the rising threat from the militant group\u2019s fighters \u201cwill be diverse and hard to predict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/24\/defeat-of-isis-in-syria-just-2-3-months-away-commander-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4571553.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Defeat of ISIS in Syria just 2 to 3 months away, commander says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">ISIS is down to its last few hundred fighters in Syria, coalition says.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Secretary-General Michele Coninsx, who heads the Executive Directorate of the council\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Committee, said the return of ISIS fighters poses a range of challenges for governments including gathering evidence and having jurisdiction to prosecute them, and their potential for radicalizing prisoners if they are incarcerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a new potential risk from the forthcoming release of imprisoned ISIS fighters and members, she said, noting that governments are increasingly concerned some of them may \u201cre-engage in terrorist activities and radicalization to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voronkov said ISIS&#8217; transformation from a \u201cproto-state\u201d that controlled a large swathe of Iraq and Syria to a covert network has made its finances hard to detect because the group\u2019s administrative functions have gone underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS \u201cis still able to channel funds across borders often via intermediate countries, to their final destination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18235705818700.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18235705818700.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18235705818700.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18235705818700.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18235705818700.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, talks to American Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley before a Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 at United Nations headquarters. (Mary Altaffer\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia&#8217;s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council: &#8220;The global terrorist tower of Babel has fallen to pieces. 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