Mazloum Kobani (pictured), chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, has said ISIS will be defeated in Syria within a month - five weeks after Donald Trump said the terror group had been eliminated in the country
Daily Mail/AFP: ISIS WILL be defeated in Syria within a month, says military commander - five weeks after Trump said the terror group had been eliminated in the country
* Syrian Democratic Forces chief says ISIS will be defeated in Syria within a month
* Mazloum Kobani said remaining pocket of jihadists are surrounded in one area
* Comes five weeks after Trump tweeted: 'We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency'
A top military commander has said ISIS will be defeated in Syria within a month - five weeks after Donald Trump said the terror group had been eliminated in the country.
Mazloum Kobani, chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said the last remaining jihadists will soon be flushed out and military operations against the extremists wrapped up.
It comes five weeks after the US President tweeted: 'We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.'
There was widespread concern after his shock announcement on December 19 that he was withdrawing all 2,000 American troops from the conflict-wracked Middle Eastern country.
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