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		</div><p>America will not shirk the responsibilities of leadership in the fight against the Islamic State group, Mike Pompeo has said.</p>
<p>The US Secretary of State was trying to allay fears that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw forces from Syria could jeopardize gains against the militants there and neighboring Iraq.</p>
<p>President Trump’s announcement in December shocked US allies and led to the resignations of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the top US envoy to the anti-IS coalition, Brett McGurk.</p>
<p>While the withdrawal would fulfill a Trump goal, US military leaders have pushed back for months, arguing IS remains a threat and could regroup.</p>
<p>US policy had been to keep troops in place until the extremists are completely eradicated. Fears that IS fighters are making a strategic manouevre to lay low ahead of the US pullout has fueled criticism that President Trump telegraphed his military plans — the same thing he accused President Barack Obama of doing in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Mr Pompeo told foreign ministers and senior officials from the 79-member, US-led coalition that the planned withdrawal “is not a change in the mission” but a change in tactics against a group that should still be considered a menace.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This morning, <a href="https://twitter.com/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecPompeo</a> hosted a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Syria</a> Small Group Ministerial during the Global <a href="https://twitter.com/coalition?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Coalition</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefeatISIS?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DefeatISIS</a> Ministerial. <a href="https://t.co/J9p0PG5IUq">pic.twitter.com/J9p0PG5IUq</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Department of State (@StateDept) <a href="https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/1093155318719143936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>IS has lost more than 99% of the territory it once held in the two countries.</p>
<p><em>“America will continue to lead in giving those who would destroy us no quarter,”</em> Mr Pompeo said.</p>
<p>Mr Pompeo called on the coalition to increase intelligence-sharing, repatriate and prosecute captured foreign fighters and accelerate stabilization efforts so IS remnants cannot reconstitute in Iraq, Syria or elsewhere.</p>
<p>He said the fight is entering a new stage where those allied against IS must confront a <em>“decentralized jihad”</em> with more than military force.</p>
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