• Top officials from 21 countries in the anti-Islamic State coalition meet at Lancaster House in London on Thursday to kick off talks on pushing back Islamic State group militants in Iraq and Syria and tackling the growing threat of homegrown extremists in Europe. | AFP-JIJI
    Top officials from 21 countries in the anti-Islamic State coalition meet at Lancaster House in London on Thursday to kick off talks on pushing back Islamic State group militants in Iraq and Syria and tackling the growing threat of homegrown extremists in Europe. | AFP-JIJI
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LONDON – The U.S.-led coalition could take up to two years to expel the Islamic State group from Iraq, and Baghdad’s own forces will be incapable of proper combat operations for months, Britain’s foreign minister warned on Thursday.

Speaking before he hosted a meeting of 21 coalition members in London, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the task of pushing the Islamist militants back would be slow.

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