Antony Blinken

Our message to the Syrian people is this. We want them to succeed, and we're prepared to help them do so.

Our message to the Syrian people is this. We want them to succeed, and we're prepared to help them do so.

This is the moment to finally conclude that agreement.

This is the moment to finally conclude that agreement.

No one knows the importance of that more than Iraq because of the presence and indeed the ongoing presence of ISIS or Daesh in Syria. The United States, Iraq together had tremendous success in taking away the territorial caliphate that Daesh had created years ago. And now, having put Daesh back in its box, we can't let it out and we're determined to make sure that that doesn't happen.

No one knows the importance of that more than Iraq because of the presence and indeed the ongoing presence of ISIS or Daesh in Syria. The United States, Iraq together had tremendous success in taking away the territorial caliphate that Daesh had created years ago. And now, having put Daesh back in its box, we can't let it out and we're determined to make sure that that doesn't happen.