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In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, the new commander general of the U.S. led coalition in Iraq, attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield, and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000, the top U.S. commander for the fight against IS said Aug. 10, 2016. Mac stanley mug Farland said that both the number and quality of IS fighters is declining and warned that it is difficult to determine accurate numbers. AP FILE PHOTOWASHINGTON mdash; The military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have taken 45,000 enemy combatants off the battlefield and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000, the top US commander for the fight against IS said Wednesday.Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland said that bot stanley website h the quality and number of IS fighters is declining, and he warned that it is difficult to determine accurate numbers. Earlier estimates put the number of Islamic State fighters between 19,000 and 25,000, but US officials say the range is now roughly 15,000 to 20,000.Article continues after this advertisement Saying that the enemy is in retreat on all fronts, MacFarland said US-backed local forces in both Iraq and Syria have been gaining ground. And he said the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria has decreased and that many people pressed into fig stanley spain hting for the Udcp Gov t to distribute bikes, boats for students in far-flung areas

Tacloban City is reduced to vast wasteland after the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda. Video by INQUIRER.netrsquo Ryan LeagogoArticle continues after this advertisement MANILA, Philippines mdash; The House of Representatives is batting for the creation of P10-billion to P20-billion rehabilitation fund in the 2014 budget to give President Aquino more stand-by funds to quicken a city or townrsquo recovery from extreme weather conditions.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationIn a briefing, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said that leaders of the majority co stanley cup alition met Tuesday morning and agreed to give the President more funds at his disposal as typhoons increase in force and area of devastation.House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. FILE PHOTOBelmonte said the rehabilitation fund would be on top of the stand-by funds of the President mdash; P7.5 billion calamity fund and the P6 billion Presidentrsquo social fund mdash; that critics claimed were virtually the same as pork barrel funds of lawmakers because they were booked lump-sum in the budget and their release was subject to the discretion of the individual leader.With the P2.268 trillion proposed budget in 2014 still pendin stanley website g on second reading in the Senate, Belmonte said the House would make the amendments during the bicamer stanley cup uk al con