NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the death of the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, represents a "turning point" in the fight against the terrorist organization.
However, he warned that the fight is far from over.
Stoltenberg told the German newspaper "Bild" that the IS once controlled a huge part of Syria and Iraq and that the international coalition fighting that extremist group, of which NATO is a part, "must ensure that the IS does not return to those areas." .
He added that the Islamic State no longer has territories, but that it is still alive, reports Reuters.
"The Islamic State has sleeper cells, secret networks and is working to return. Our mission is not yet completely finished," Stoltenberg said, according to Tanjug.
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