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However, he also stressed that the strategy for Operation Inherent Resolve, the new name for the US led campaign against IS jihadists, is bigger than any one town.
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We do not believe that there is an imminent threat to the security of the city right now, Adm Kirby said.
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He said the battles in Anbar and Kobane underscored the threat IS posed in both Iraq and Syria, and coalition air strikes will continue in both these areas .
Mr Obama cited important successes in the two month old campaign.
He pointed to a successful bid to retake Mosul dam in Iraq and halting the IS group advance on Irbil.
He also hailed the coalition for having saved many civilians from massacre on Mount Sinjar, and destroying IS targets across Iraq and Syria.
However, despite daily bombing raids in Iraq since 8 August and in Syria since 23 September, IS fighters have continued to advance.
The Sunni extremists are now threatening to seize the whole of Anbar provipatagonia guide pants uniforms1nce in Iraq and a long stretch of territory along Syria border with Turkey.
The US strategy has come in for sharp criticism but Mr Obama appealed for patience.
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One of the things that has emerged from the discussions . is that this is going to be a long term campaign, he said.
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