‘Perverse caliphate IS is shrinking’

The Obama administration’s diplomatic point man in the fight against Islamic State (IS) said the extremists have been losing control over territory and that “this perverse caliphate is shrinking”.

Brett McGurk, presidential envoy to a 66-member anti-IS coalition, said the tide has turned in the ideological battle.

He described a round-the-clock anti-IS propaganda campaign involving companies such as Facebook and YouTube and the governments of Jordan, Malaysia, and the UAE.