ISIS THREAT NEVER LEFT: The Islamic State terrorist group, which at its height in 2017 held about a third of Syria and 40% of Iraq, no longer controls any significant territory but has adapted and remains a growing threat, the State Department’s senior counter-ISIS official said Monday.

The comments from John Godfrey, acting U.S. special envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Belgian counterpart co-host a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the D-ISIS Coalition Small Group this morning.