'IS will be vanquished'

Rome, Feb 11: The Islamic State jihadi group will lose against the intertiol military coalition of countries fighting against it and will be defeated culturally, economically and diplomatically, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said. “The unscrupulous terrorists of IS must know they will lose their battle,” Renzi told jourlists in Rome on Wednesday after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi. “Iraq and with Iraq the whole intertiol community will overcome this challenge, not only through the intertiol coalition but also culturally, economic and diplomatically,” he said. (IANS)