President Obama speaking at a Paris news conference on Tuesday said he is “confident” the United States and its allies will “continue building momentum” to defeat ISIS, reports ABC. However, the much-touted “65-nation coalition” it assembled to fight the group in Syria and Iraq now has fewer than a dozen nations active in the effort, according to the Washington Times.

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