THE militant group Da’esh has been reduced to “a band of criminals, thieves and kidnappers”, said a top US official, declaring the so-called caliphate “dead”.
US Treasury Department Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea, however, reiterated that the global coalition against the Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Da’esh, will not spare any effort to curb even the limited funds the group is generating .