VOA: Analysts: Anti-IS Coalition Strikes in Syria Yielding Results
An Islamic State judge is among the latest top jihadists to be killed in targeted coalition airstrikes that are seen as beginning to take a toll on the leadership ranks of the terrorist army.
U.S. officials vow 2016 will see many more strikes aimed at degrading the militant group's command and control structure and especially of its mid-level battlefield leadership.
U.S. commando raids designed to throw the group’s leadership off balance are also more likely.
The targeted airstrikes appear to be alarming the group — that is if the latest IS propaganda video is anything to go by, analysts say.
WNU Editor: This is why I have trouble trusting the Pentagon .... on the one hand they are claiming that they are making progress, but on the other hand they then say that the numbers of ISIS fighters remains the same .... Pentagon: ISIS Has Almost Same Number of Members as When U.S. Airstrikes Began (Washington Free Beacon). So which report/analysis is right?