Coalition air strikes in Syria and Iraq have halted or reversed the momentum of jihadist group Islamic State, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
Speaking after talks in London between 21 coalition states, Mr Kerry said about half the group’s leaders had been killed since strikes began in August.
The UK foreign secretary said the coalition was determined to defeat IS.
But Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned falling oil prices could hurt Iraq’s fighting capacity.
Mr Abadi thanked the coalition for providing training to his forces but said it needed more help with the supply of weapons.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins says the recent attacks by Islamist militants in France have put even greater political pressure on governments to show decisive results.
As well as the US, UK and Iraq, the talks included Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
Gulf coalition partners Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE also took part.
Speaking after the talks, Mr Kerry said: “In recent months we have seen definitively… momentum halted in Iraq and in some cases reversed.”
After nearly 2,000 air strikes, ground forces had reclaimed some 700 sq km (270 sq m) of territory, he told the news conference.
At the start of the coalition air strikes, the group was thought to control nearly 91,000 sq km of territory across Syria and Iraq.
Source-BBC
