Baku. Rufat Ahmadzada – APA. The fight against Islamic State (IS) will take years, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, APA reports quoting BBC.
Speaking in Washington, John Kirby said the air strikes in Syria had successfully degraded IS's capabilities. "We think we have hit what we were aiming at," he said.
However, IS was good at adapting and reacting to changes, he said, adding that the group presented a "serious threat" that would not be eliminated "within days or months."