fighting positions tanks vehicles, bomb factories and training camps. we have eliminate on the thousands of fighters, including senior isil commanders. over the past year we have seen when he have an effective partner on the ground, isil can be pushed back in iraq, isil lost at the mosul dam. isil lost at mount sinjar, lost tikrit. in syria isil lost at kobani. it endured losses across northern syria includeing a key city. raqqa, its base of operations in syria. so here s reminders that isil s strategic weaknesses are real. isil surrounded by countries and